::: kari luna ::: writer & whimsicologist ::: portland, oregon :::

	Fairly-Near Fables for Almost Adults Short story collection-in-progress From “Joan Jett Stole My Haircut” to “The Odd Shop” to “Dating an Ogre,” this collection of short stories makes the moral practically marvelous, again. Searching for Sparrows Novel-in-progress After experiencing some disastrous life changes, Jeffrey decides there’s only one thing to keep him from ending it all, the one thing that's been there all along: Edith Piaf. Armed with his mother’s old Samsonite and an iPod full of music, he goes to Paris to search for signs of her. If she still exists, even in small ways, then surely life is worth living. Much to his surprise he finds Edith – and plenty of other important signs – everywhere. It’s Paris, after all. And what’s Paris without a little Piaf? (Or life without a little Paris, for that matter.) A Letter to the Young Miss Parker: Adventures in love, writing & life Non-fiction for teens This project, co-created with a psychologist, is part memoir, part inspiration, and all motivation. Filled with interviews from women writers in all fields, writing exercises, and stories of how writing can change – and sometimes save – your life, these pages will encourage young women writers to pick up the pen – and never let it drop.

	Check out Kari’s debut novel, “The Theory of Everything.”