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Kristen Balouch is an American Born Children’s book author, illustrator and artist. She was born in Chicago Il. And lives in Brooklyn New York and The Adirondacks. Her first book Listen to the Storyteller was published in 1999 by Viking Children’s books and was one of the first children’s books to be illustrated using a computer. Kristen Creates her work at Little Blue Mushroom Studio in Brooklyn.

Children’s Books:

Listen to the Storyteller The King & the Three Thieves Mystery Bottle The Ghost catcher Baby Polar Feelings The Little Little Girl with the Big Big Voice, Thank you Trees!

Education BFA, Computer Graphics Pratt Institute, 1991 exhibitions Two Doors Down, Solo Exhibit The Gallery at Hague Creek, Solo Exhibit

Awards & Honors Ezra Jack Keats Award Charlotte Zolotow Commended CCBC Best Book of the Year Middle East Book Award Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year The Golden Kite Honor Award, Illustration category Publisher's Weekly, Flying Start Print's Regional Design Annual Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibit 39th Annual of American Illustration Print's Digital Design Annual 5 Designer's Handbook of T-shirt Promotions, RC Publications Communication Arts Design Annual Great Design with Non-traditional Materials, Northlight books Print Magazine, Mini-portfolios The Best of Business Card Design 2, Rockport Publishers Computer Graphics III, Rockport Publishers Print's Best Typography 2 How Self-Promotion Annual Fresh Ideas in Promotion, North Light Books

External Links http://kristenbalouch.com/ http://www.littlebluemushroom.com/ The Goatshed Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Connections Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kristen-Balouch/70930365 http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Little-Little-Girl-with-the-Big-Big-Voice/Kristen-Balouch/9781442408081 http://books.simonandschuster.com/Feelings/Kristen-Balouch/9781442411999