Kersten Hamilton

Kersten Hamilton is a critically acclaimed author of books for toddlers, teens, and all people in between. Her fast-paced stories are loved by readers around the world. She is the author of Red Truck (illustrated by Valeria Petrone), which received a starred review from Booklist and has sold almost a quarter million copies. The Red Truck and Friends series now includes Yellow Copter, Blue Boat, Green Tractor, Orange Excavator, and Merry Christmas, Red Truck!

Kersten is also the author of First Friend: How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends, the Gadgets and Gears middle grade series, and the Goblin Wars YA trilogy. Drawing from her own experience on the autism spectrum, she created her first neurodivergent protagonist in Lilibet Makes a Friend. Kersten has worked as a ranch hand, a wood cutter, a lumberjack, a census taker, and an archeological surveyor. She currently lives in New Mexico, where she hunts dinosaurs in the Ojito Wilderness when not writing.