Kate Depalma

Kate DePalma was born and raised outside Nashville, TN, USA. As Senior Editor at Barefoot Books, she has helped develop dozens of picture books, including The Barefoot Book of Children and My Big Barefoot Book of Wonderful Words, which she wrote and art directed with Tessa Strickland. Kate also writes picture books under her pseudonym, Sunny Scribens, and is a published poet and scholar. She holds an M.A. in Classics from the University of Texas and has taught courses and workshops in writing and publishing at Emerson College, the Margaret Mitchell House and beyond. She lives with her husband and daughter.