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 has six books about different trucks and machines. Kersten is also the author of First Friend: How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become...See more

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 has six books about different trucks and machines. Kersten is also the author of First Friend: How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends , illustrated by Jaime Kim, and the YA novel In the Forests of the Night , among many other books for children and teens. Kersten has worked as a ranch hand, a wood cutter, a lumberjack, a census taker, a wrangler for wilderness guides, and an archeological surveyor. She currently lives in New Mexico, where, when not writing, she hunts dinosaurs in the Ojito Wilderness. See less