Novels
When Women Were Dragons, Doubleday, April 2022
The Ogress and the Orphans, Algonquin, March, 2022
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Algonquin, August 2016
The Witch’s Boy, Algonquin Young Readers; September 16, 2014
The Mostly True Story of Jack, Little, Brown, August, 2011
Iron Hearted Violet, Little, Brown, October, 2012
Novellas
The Crane Husband, Tordotcom, February 2023
The Unlicensed Magician, PS Publishing, December 2015
Short Stories
Dreadful Young Ladies, and other Stories, Algonquin Books, February 2018
“Lucky’s Dragon”, The Book of Dragons, edited by Jonathan Strahan, July, 2020
“Thirty-Three Wicked Daughters,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2019
“Probably Still the Chosen One”, Lightspeed, February 2017
“Ozimandias”, Sky Blue Water, edited by Jay D. Peterson and Collette Morgan, September, 2016
“Don’t Eat the Baby,” Guys Read: Terrifying Tales, edited by John Scieszka, September, 2015
“Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch”; Tor.com, August 2014
“Regarding the Missing Horse of ‘The Bronze Horses of Saint Marco'”, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MIA Stories
“Stay for the Pie“; Wisdom Crieth Without, March 2014
“The Insect and the Astronomer – a Love Story,” Lightspeed Magazine, 2013
“St. Brendan’s Shank,” The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, 2011
“The Taxidermist’s Other Wife”, Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2010
“The Dead Boy’s Last Poem,” Sybil’s Garage, July 2010
“Blessed are the Dead”, Space and Time, June, 2010
“Hush”, Dark Faith, Apex Books, May, 2010
“Dreadful Young Ladies,” Shimmer, 2010
“Open The Door and the Light Pours Through”, Clockwork Phoenix, Norilana Books, July 2009
“Four Very True Tales,” Interfictions’ Annex, September 2009
“Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake”, Fantasy Magazine, January, 2008
“The Stone Hearted Queen”, Weird Tales, August 2008 (note: scroll down to page 48 to find my story. Or just read the whole darn issue because there are some awesome, mind-bending stories from beginning to end.)
“The Men Who Live in Trees”, Postscripts, August 2008
“Elegy to Gabrielle: Patron Saint of Healers, Whores and Righteous Thieves”, Fast Ships Black Sails, Nightshade Books, November 2008
“Tabula Rasa,” Three Lobed Burning Eye, October, 2008
“Homecoming,” Underground Voices, November 2008
“The Leviathan’s Teeth”, Polluto 5, Fall 2009
“Casting Off,” mnartists, August, 2009
“In Broad Daylight,” The Rake, May 2007
“The Confessions of Prince Charming,” Fantasy Magazine, Oct 2007.
Essays
“What Does it Mean to be an Author When my Words Have Vanished?”, New York Times, November, 2023
“Running Helped Minnesota Author Kelly Barnhill Weather the Seasons,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March, 2021
“Wild Places”, Under Purple Skies, edited by Frank Bures, May 2019
“An Entanglement of Cousins,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 2018
“The Book That Reached Into the Switchboard of my Mind and Flipped Everything On,” Reactor, February 2018
“On Wildness, Cracked Worlds, Monsters, and the Odd Nature of the Short Story,” Powell’s Blog, February 2018
2017 Newbery Acceptance Speech, The Horn Book, June 2017
“Five Books with Chaotic Childhood Companions,” Reactor, August 2016
“Strange Birds”, Nerdy Book Club, December 2014
“My First Failure”, The Quivering Pen, July 2014
“Toy Soldier”, Altar, January, 2007
“I Star In My Own Made-For-T.V. Movie,” The Sun, February, 2007
Children’s Nonfiction Books
Monsters of the Deep, Capstone Press, 2008
Animals with no Eyes, Capstone Press, 2008
Sewers and the Rats That Love Them, Capstone Press, 2009
Do You Know Where your Water Has Been?, Capstone Press 2009
Blood-Sucking, Man-Eating Monsters, Edge Books, 2009
Sick, Nasty Medical Practices, Edge Books, 2009
Bizarre, Creepy Hoaxes, Edge Books, 2009
Terrifying, Bone-Chilling Rituals and Sacrifices, Edge Books, 2009
The Wee Book of Pee, Edge Books, 2009
The Bloody Book of Blood, Edge Books, 2009
The Sweaty Book of Sweat, Edge Books, 2009
Kelly Barnhill 
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Kelly ! Please write a book for adults !!!!!! Love your stuff !
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Dear Kelly,
I just finished reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon and the Witch’s Boy, back to back. I will make sure that my daughters get an opportunity to read these, when they’re old enough. Because these are the kind of books that would have made my eyes sparkle when I was 8 or 10 (and still do, actually), that would have pushed my imagination to embrace new lands and new ideas, and that would have made me dream of writing stories as powerful, magical and entrancing. I still hope that, one day, I’ll be able to. Thank you for your beautifully crafted stories!
Savita
Saw your book The Girl Who Drank The Moon, had to buy it. Had started other books, put them aside and read it through. Now I cannot wait to read it aloud to my children. And I cannot wait to read all you have written.