BIography

Kristin Varner is an award-winning author, illustrator and graphic novelist based in the Pacific Northwest. She grew up in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Utah before attending Rhode Island School of Design where she received her degree in Illustration and cultivated her love of children’s books. Her middle grade graphic novels, Horse Trouble and Dog Trouble have won numerous awards, including a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard, the Sequoyah Children's Book Award and been named to many state award reading lists.  Her forthcoming graphic novel, Bex Breaks Away is set to release in Fall of 2027 with Beach Lane Books.

Kristin lives on a wooded island near Seattle, Washington with her husband and daughter and is often distracted while working in her studio by one mischievous kitty and two big, goofy dogs. When she’s not inside drawing, she’s probably out on a paddle board, riding a bike…or a horse!

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