Karen Russell

Finalist, 2025 National Book Awards
Honoree, 2009 5 Under 35

Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Learn more >

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The Antidote

ISBN 9780593802250
Knopf / Penguin Random House

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Vintage

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Karen Russell

Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon. The Antidote, a national bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, is her second novel.

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