Mark Karlins has taught a number of courses, including Children's Literature and Writing, Introduction to Film, Native American Literature, and Expository Writing. His children's books include: Starring Lorenzo, And Einstein Too (Dial, 2009), Music Over Manhattan (Doubleday, 1998), Mendel's Ladder (Simon & Schuster, 1995), Salmon Moon (Simon & Schuster, 1993), A Christmas Fable (Atheneum, 1990).