Karis Rogerson
BIO
Karis Rogerson (she/her) is a writer and reader who was born in South Carolina, raised in Italy, schooled in Germany & Kentucky, and now lives in Brooklyn. After spending daylight hours at her day job, she wiles her evenings away working on stories about queer women grappling with religious trauma, living with mental illness, and being shamelessly ambitious, all while falling in love with each other. Karis has an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is represented by Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency.
MSWL
Age categories: MG, YA, Adult
Genres: Contemporary; Fantasy; Romance (all subcategories)
Tropes that spark joy for me: friends to lovers; found family; only one bed; reluctant heroes; best friend's sibling sibling's best friend; forced proximity
Themes that I am drawn to: religion/religious trauma; ambitious girls; mental illness; physical disability; coming of age; coming of rage
Elements I'm not a good fit for: body horror & gore; jump scares