Contributor bio
Karen Inglis is an internationally bestselling children’s author of picture books, chapter books and middle grade novels. Her time travel adventure The Secret Lake has sold over 600,000 print copies in English and is in translation in 14 languages. Her other titles have all sold in their thousands. Her book Beyond the Secret Lake won the 2025 UK Selfies Children’s Book Award for best independently published children’s book in 2024.
Karen has received traditional publishing offers over the years, including in 2021 from a major UK children’s publisher, but has preferred to retain creative control over her work. Her non-fiction title, How to Self-Publish and Market a Children’s Book, is now in its second edition alongside a companion title, How to Market a Children’s Book. Karen is Children’s Advisor at the Alliance of Independent Authors.
