Kristina Kauman

Kristina Kaufman is an artist, writer, professor, and overall "fan of anything space related" who is quite passionate about picture books. Her love of astronomy started from an early age when her grandfather gifted her a telescope - (and her dad fondly remembers Kristina waking him up at 4 a.m. to use that telescope and see the Hale-Bopp comet.) Kristina first self-published a picture book, I Soar, that she wrote and collaborated with the now Caldecott Honor recipient, Corey R. Tabor, to illustrate. While traveling in New Zealand Kristina was inspired to write another story. For her, there is