Kathryn Selbert

About the Author

Kathryn Selbert is an award-winning freelance illustrator and designer currently living in Montclair, New Jersey with her tea loving husband and grumpy french bulldog, Margot. Kathryn spent her childhood drawing & gardening with her mother in a seaside town in Connecticut, USA. She then attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she learned to love narrative art and graduated with a BFA in Illustration. For the past 10 years Kathryn has worked to create illustrations for children’s books, pattern, greeting cards and events. She works digitally and focuses on trend led icons, punchy calligraphy and fun characters. In her free time, Kathryn is a devoted plant mom and undertaker of overly ambitious baking and cooking projects. Her work is inspired by the people she meets in her everyday life, our colorful world, flora, fauna, and having fun.