KL Going

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KL Going (born August 21, 1973)^[1] is an American writer of books for children and teens.

Her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World, was named a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book^[2] by the American Library Association, and was included on the Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Books for Young Adults list and its list of Best Books for the Past Decade.

Her books have been Booksense picks, Scholastic Book Club choices, Junior Library Guild selections, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, and winners of state book awards. They have been featured by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Children's Book Council as best books of the year.

Her work has also been published in Korea, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and her novel Fat Kid Rules the World was adapted into a film. It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and won an Audience Award.

Going began her career working at Curtis Brown, Ltd., one of the oldest literary agencies in New York City. She used this inner knowledge of publishing to write Writing and Selling the Young Adult Novel – a how-to book for aspiring writers, published by Writer's Digest. She has also written short stories for several anthologies and multiple picture books.