Meet Kristin

I was born in Bloom­ing­ton, Min­neso­ta, and have lived my whole life in Min­neso­ta except for one semes­ter I lived abroad in Wales dur­ing col­lege. I write across many gen­res, includ­ing children’s books, poet­ry for adults, essays, and nov­els. I also draw and did all my own illus­tra­tions for my pick­le­ball book.

I grad­u­at­ed from Gus­tavus Adol­phus Col­lege in St. Peter, Min­neso­ta with a degree in man­age­ment. Lat­er, I earned a master’s in tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion I from Met­ro­pol­i­tan State Uni­ver­si­ty and I stayed on after grad­u­a­tion and taught writ­ing there for thir­teen years.

Grow­ing up, I had a dog, and we threw her a birth­day par­ty in our garage, invit­ing all the neigh­bor­hood kids and their dogs. My favorite sport in school was floor hock­ey. These days, I play pick­le­ball and love watch­ing women’s bas­ket­ball. My favorite WNBA team is the Indi­ana Fever. I also play board games.

I’m mar­ried and have a step­son and a black Labrador pup­py named Bel­la. I enjoy time with fam­i­ly and friends.