Wife, mom to teens, crazy about the outdoors. Colorado native who has lived all over the American West including Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Taos, and Maui, Hawaii

Member of SCBWI since 2024 (and 2026 virtual and regional conference attendee), two-time Big Sur Children’s Writers Workshop attendee (2024 and 2026). participant in a twice-monthly critique group (ongoing since 2023). I’ve got my eye on Milkwood for 2027!

Advertising, copy side of the business. Once upon a time I also worked as a surfing instructor.

Get outside! These days I snowboard, snowshoe, hike, backpack, etc. I’m a surfer when living by the ocean.

I’m professional, hardworking, straightforward, enthusiastic. I welcome feedback and make my deadlines. I love big-picture ideas but also care about the details.

Some current favorites in no particular order:

The Tooth Mouse (Susan Hood and Janice Nadeau), Where Is the Cat? (Eva Eland), Professional Crocodile (Giovanna Zoboli and Mariachiara Di Giorgio), Jump for Joy (Karen Gray Ruelle and Hadley Hooper), If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone (Gideon Sterer and Emily Hughes), Farmhouse (Sophie Blackall), The Capybaras (Alfredo Soderguit), Hank Goes Honk (Maudie Powell-Tuck and Duncan Beedle), Every Monday Mabel (Jashar Awan), Sato the Rabbit (Yuki Ainoya and Michael Blaskowsky), The Gold Leaf (Kirsten Hall and Matthew Forsythe), A Spoonful of the Sea (Hyewon Yum), John the Skeleton (Triinu Laan and Marja-Liisa Plats), Big Wolf and Little Wolf: The Little Leaf That Wouldn’t Fall (Nadine Brun-Cosme and Oliver Tallec), The Skull (Jon Klassen), Bog Myrtle (Sid Sharp)

kristen@kristen-allen.com

415-730-0259