KL Going

Kelly Louise Going (born August 21, 1973) is an American writer under the name KL Going, most widely known for her young-adult novel Fat Kid Rules the World, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book in 2004.

Biography

Going was born in Rhinebeck, New York. She began writing novels in college and has since published three young adult novels, plus two for middle grade readers age 8 - 12, a picture book, and a reference book titled Writing and Selling the YA Novel published by Writer's Digest. She also has numerous additional picture books under contract.

She has written short stories for several anthologies, including Rush Hour volume 3, Full House, and No Such Thing as the Real World.

Going's books have been published by Penguin's Group USA, Harcourt Houghton Mifflin, and Writer's Digest. Fat Kid Rules the World was chosen as one of the Best Books of the Past Decade by the American Library Association. Her books have been Booksense picks, Scholastic Book Club choices, Junior Library Guild selections, winners of state book awards, and featured by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Children's Book Council as Best Books. Her work has been published in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and the UK. Her first four novels were also released as audio CDs by Listening Library.