Katrina Moore writes in New Jersey. She holds a M.A. in Teaching and has been an elementary teacher for twelve years. Her mission is to create books that children will hug for ages. She is the author of the picture books, ONE HUG, illustrated by Julia Woolf (HarperCollins/Tegen Books, Dec. 2019), GRANDPA GRUMPS, illustrated by Xindi Yan (Little Bee Books, April 2020), the forthcoming SOMETIMES LOVE, a powerful and poetic exploration of love–from giving, to growing, to sometimes letting go, illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz (Penguin/Dial, July 12, 2022), GRUMPY NEW YEAR, the humorous and heartfelt companion to Grandpa Grumps that follows Daisy to China as she visits her grandpa for Lunar New Year (Little Bee Books, Dec. 2022), and HOPE IS A HOP, illustrated by Melissa Iwai–a spare and lyrical celebration of hope, from it’s resilient core to its sprouting possibilities (Penguin/Dial, Spring 2023), with more picture books on the way. Her humorous TEENY HOUDINI chapter book series, illustrated by Zoe Si, star the magical, mischievous, mayhem-maker Bessie Lee. TEENY HOUDINI: THE DISAPPEARING ACT and TEENY HOUDINI: THE SUPER SECRET VALENTINE will publish Winter 2022, and TEENY HOUDINI: THE GIANT PANDA PLAN! releases June 14, 2022 (HarperCollins/Tegen Books).
When she is not writing or teaching, she is cooking without a recipe, painting outside the lines, or snuggling up with her two kids, husband, pups, and of course, a cozy book. Connect with her on twitter @kmoorebooks or at www.katrinamoorebooks.com.
