Quick Bio ~ Heather Ferranti Kinser writes at the intersection of story, poetry, and nature from her home on the San Francisco Peninsula. She’s a former technical editor who now spends her days writing small stories—to make a big difference for kids!
A Bit More Bio ~
Heather started writing at age nine when she wandered to where the sidewalk ends, entered a state of literary amazement, and never fully recovered. She graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English (and lots of notebooks filled with poems) and worked 15 years as a proofreader/copy editor for engineering firms. A love of rhythmic language and short writing forms eventually led her to writing picture books, and she's never looked back. Heather strives to create high-quality, high-interest, lively & lyrical books for children. Her first three titles offer young readers the language to describe and deepen their innate love of nature. Heather lives in the Bay Area with her family and several shelves full of picture books. She is the author of three picture books—IN A CAVE, NATURE IS A SCULPTOR, and SMALL MATTERS—and is represented by agent Sarah Stephens of Red Fox Literary. Good News
Interviews & Lesson PlansIN A CAVE
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Explore the forces of weathering and erosion
in this lyrical ode to rock formations Journey into a cave system in this
wonder-filled rhyming story See nano-sized animal adaptations through
a scanning electron microscope. "Stage Fright" from Cricket Magazine, Oct. 2023
"King Tut Tours His Tomb" from Cricket Magazine,
Feb. 2023 "My Bed's a Boat from Countdown Magazine (Australia), Feb. 2024
"Ode to a Shadow" from Orbit Magazine (Australia), Aug. 2024
"Courtly Cat" from Orbit Magazine (Australia),
Sept. 2024 "One Man Band" from Orbit Magazine (Australia),
Nov. 2023 |