Karen Hattrup books

Karen Hattrup is a Baltimore-based YA author and former journalist whose two novels explore teenage relationships, identity, and the gap between who people imagine each other to be and who they actually are.
Author · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Coming-of-Age

Standalone Novels

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Frannie and Tru 2016 Buy
Our Year in Love and Parties 2019 Buy

Karen Hattrup came to YA fiction through journalism, which shows in the precision of her prose. She studied at Loyola University Maryland and later at Johns Hopkins, and worked as an arts critic before turning to novel writing. Her debut, Frannie and Tru (2016), was well received for its honest handling of the gap between the person you imagine someone to be and the person you discover when they actually show up.

Frannie and Tru follows a fifteen-year-old girl whose idolized older cousin Tru comes to stay for the summer after a difficult coming-out experience. The novel addresses race, class, and sexuality through the specific texture of a Baltimore summer and two cousins who do not really know each other yet. Our Year in Love and Parties (2019) is her second and most recent novel.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Karen Hattrup written?

Karen Hattrup has written two books in one series.

What was Karen Hattrup's first book?

Karen Hattrup’s first book is Frannie and Tru, published in 2016.

What is Karen Hattrup's background before writing novels?

Hattrup worked as a newspaper journalist and arts critic in Maryland and Indiana, studied nonfiction writing at Johns Hopkins University, and lives in Baltimore with her family.

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