Kara Mia Dalkey (born 1953) is an American author of young adult fiction and historical fantasy.
She was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Seattle.
Her works include The Sword of Sagamore, Steel Rose, Little Sister and The Nightingale.
Her stories "Lady Shobu" and "The Rule of Silence" are part of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer anthologies from Simon & Schuster.
She is also a musician and has gigged extensively on electric bass (which she plays left-handed) and harmony vocals, with such bands as Runestone, the Albany Free Traders,[1] and Nate Bucklin and the Ensemble (in Minnesota) and Relic and Voodoo Blue (in Seattle.)