Archive

Here's a collection of news articles, interviews, videos, and more. Enjoy!

2025

Karen’s article on Harvard GSAS Blog “On Grants and Prose”: Communicating Science to an Unsuspecting Audience

2024

EnVi Media: Author spotlight — Author and Scientist Karen Bao on “Pangu’s Shadow,” Intersectionality, and Bridging Identities”

School Library Journal Teen Librarian Toolbox: Science and Fiction: The Lab as a Portal to Other Worlds, a guest post by Karen Bao, Ph.D.

2018

Ezvid Wiki: 10 Engaging Sci-Fi Series That Will Get You Hooked

Harvard Molecular & Cellular Biology: Six Harvard Grad Students Selected as NSF Fellows (Karen starts grad school!)

2016

The New York Times (Chinese): Eighteen Years to the Moon

USA Today's Happily Ever After blog: Interview with Karen Bao

Diversity in YA blog: Necessary, Powerful, and True -- SFF Diversity

Glitter Magazine: Author Crush Friday -- Karen Bao

Poly Prep CDS: Karen Bao, Author of the “Dove” Trilogy, Speaks at Middle School Chapel and in Library

2015

NBC News: Teen's Secret Manuscript Turns Into Her Debut Novel

Bustle.com: My Debut Novel 'Dove Arising' Is Coming Out While I'm Still In College, and Here's What It's Like

The Columbia Spectator: Karen Bao, CC '16, publishes novel "Dove Arising"

Columbia.edu: From the Moon to the Core

Suvudu: Take Five with Karen Bao

Christopher Paolini Interviews Karen Bao

Christopher Paolini interviews Stefan Bachmann, Brandon Sanderson, and Karen Bao for Music Month

Cracking the Cover: Dove Arising author Karen Bao inspired by Maoist China

Two Chicks on Books Interview

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