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Elana K Arnold

ELANA K. ARNOLD completed her M.A. in Creative Writing/Fiction at the University of California, Davis. She grew up in Southern California, where she was lucky enough to have her own horse--a gorgeous mare named Rainbow--and a family who let her read as many books as she wanted. She lives in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. She is represented by Rubin Pfeffer of Rubin Pfeffer Content.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Romance

New and upcoming books

February 2025

Bat and the Business of Ferrets
(Boy Called Bat, book 4)

Series

Sacred
1. Sacred (2012)
2. Splendor (2013)

Boy Called Bat
   1. A Boy Called Bat (2017)
   2. Bat and the Waiting Game (2017)
   3. Bat and the End of Everything (2019)
   4. Bat and the Business of Ferrets (2025)

Starla Jean
   1. Starla Jean (2021)
   2. Takes The Cake (2022)
   3. Cracks the Case (2023)

Just Harriet
   1. Just Harriet (2022)
   2. Harriet Spies (2023)
   3. Harriet Tells the Truth (2024)

Novels

   Burning (2013)
   The Question of Miracles (2015)
   Infandous (2015)
   Far from Fair (2016)
   What Girls Are Made of (2017)
   Damsel (2018)
   Red Hood (2020)
   The House That Wasn't There (2021)
   The Blood Years (2023)

Picture Books show

Books containing stories by Elana K Arnold

Banned Together (2025)
Our Fight for Readers' Rights
edited by
Ashley Hope Pérez

Award nominations

2019 Michael L. Printz Award (nominee) : Damsel

Elana K Arnold recommends

Not Nothing (2024)
Gayle Forman
"Not Nothing is a luminous gift, a story that respects and acknowledges the complexity of the human experience - and, by extension, the complexity of its readers. I loved it."

We Mostly Come Out at Night (2024)
Rob Costello
"As varied, creative, heartfelt, and fun as the community of writers who conjured it, We Mostly Come Out at Night is the narrative bestiary you need."

Infinity Alchemist (2024)
(Infinity Alchemist, book 1)
Kacen Callender
"Featuring a cast of queer and trans characters entangled in a gorgeous romance, Infinity Alchemist is a thrilling, expansive adventure and a bold exploration of family lost and found."

Not Quite a Ghost (2024)
Anne Ursu
"Not Quite a Ghost is that rare book that manages to deeply satisfy on several levels: it's a delightfully creepy haunting; an authentically tender middle school friendship drama; and an all-too-realistic portrait of a girl whose undiagnosed illness is the scariest specter of all. I loved it."

Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend (2023)
Brandon Hoang
"Sweet, funny, and bighearted, GLORIA BUENROSTRO IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND is a treat."

Where You See Yourself (2023)
Claire Forrest
"Big hearted and beautiful. I'd follow Effie anywhere."

The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond (2022)
Amanda Glaze
"Quick, witty, and delightfully creative, THE SECOND DEATH OF EDIE AND VIOLET BOND is a sensation."

Man o' War (2022)
Cory McCarthy
"Man o' War is epic in every sense - in its journey, its love story, its wholehearted embrace of self. I couldn't put it down."

From Dust, a Flame (2022)
Rebecca Podos
"Smart and imaginative, deeply moving, and remarkably fun, From Dust, a Flame breathes fresh air into Jewish mythology. I loved it."

Into the Bloodred Woods (2021)
Martha Brockenbrough
"A tapestry of stories, a confluence of voices, this book is a symphony, and Martha Brockenbrough is its maestra."

Strange Creatures (2021)
Phoebe North
"Strange Creatures is about the things that can save us—art, family, love—and the things we can lose ourselves in—art, family, love. A big, bright, North Star of a book."

Hollow Chest (2021)
Brita Sandstrom
"Brita Sandstrom’s debut is the rare sort of book that gives new language to old truths. Tender, sweet, painful, and brave, Hollow Chest is full of astonishing love."

The Darkness Outside Us (2021)
(Darkness Outside Us, book 1)
Eliot Schrefer
"Fiercely imaginative and desperately real, The Darkness Outside Us explores the wild expanses of the human heart. This book is a triumph."

American Betiya (2021)
Anuradha D Rajurkar
"American Betiya is a brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves."

Never Look Back (2020)
Lilliam Rivera
"Never Look Back reimagines the Orpheus myth into a bold creation that only Lilliam Rivera could breathe into life. A strange, unsettling love song of a book."

Fighting Words (2020)
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
"Rather than shielding her readers, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley arms them with Fighting Words, a compassionate, truthful, and beautiful story about the trauma of sexual abuse and the remarkable power of sisterhood."

All the Things We Never Knew (2020)
Liara Tamani
"Liara Tamani's All the Things We Never Knew is a bighearted, beautiful exploration of fate, family, and the glorious magic of love."

The Fascinators (2020)
Andrew Eliopulos
"The Fascinators is a potent brew of magic, romance, betrayal, and the transformative power of friendship--bewitching!"

A Game of Fox & Squirrels (2020)
Jenn Reese
"Magically creative and deeply honest, A Game of Fox & Squirrels merges games and grimness in a fantasy tale that tells the truth."

You Are The Everything (2018)
Karen Rivers
"A haunting, heartbreaking puzzle box of a book."

Sawkill Girls (2018)
Claire Legrand
"Old-school horror meets fresh, female-forward fury. Claire Legrand masterfully paints this island world of terror with a blood-soaked brush."

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