Micki Bare

Micki Bare is a graduate of NC State University with BA and MAT degrees. She is the author of the award-winning Zahra of the Uwharries middle-grade magical realism series, which includes Society of the Sentinelia (2022), winner of the 2022 AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award; Blind Fairy (2023), winner of the 2023 AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award; and Omega Crag (2024), which was named a Golden Wizard Book Prize book for 2024. Two additional novels in the series will be released in 2025 and 2026. Bare was a columnist for 18 years. In addition, her educational career spans three decades, with service as an administrator, marketing director, and teacher. Bare lives in NC with her husband. She loves to garden, read, cook, travel, and hike.