Katherine Pryor is an award-winning children’s book author and good food advocate. She grew up in California and Arizona before moving to Seattle to study food and farming. Her books are widely used in school garden curriculum, nutrition education, and anti-hunger initiatives. In addition to writing, Katherine has worked to create better food choices at institutions, large corporations & food banks.
She made her picture book debut with Sylvia’s Spinach, which is widely used to support nutrition education and school garden curriculum. Her second picture book, Zora's Zucchini, won the 2016 Growing Good Kids Book Award. Her third picture book, Bea's Bees, was called "a necessary addition to elementary library shelves as an important contribution to the understanding and conservation of bees" by School Library Journal.
Home is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly won the SCBWI Charlotte & Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals, was named a 2024 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts by NCTE, and was featured on the Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List.
Kirkus Reviews called Spring is for Strawberries “A delightful blend of friendship, fresh food, melodious language, and luscious illustrations.”
Her first board book, Hello, Garden!, won the 2022 Gold Medal, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and the book was extended into a four-book series including Hello, Rain!, Hello, Beach!, and Hello, Snow!, which won a 2025 Mom's Choice Gold Award.
She lives in Sonoma County, California.






