About Katherine Locke

Katherine Locke lives and writes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with their feline overlords and their addiction to chai lattes. They are the author of the critically-acclaimed This Rebel Heart, The Girl with the Red Balloon, as well as The Spy with the Red Balloon and Loki: Journey into Mystery. They are the co-editor and contributor to the award-winning This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them and Us, as well as Athlete is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports, and It's A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes and Other Jewish Stories. They also contributed to For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories for All Seasons, Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For, Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens and Out Now: Queer We Go Again. They are the author of picture books Bedtime for Superheroes, What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns, and Being Friends with Dragons, as well as the forthcoming Godzilla Stomp!, and Sally Ride: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography. They can be found online at KatherineLockeBooks.com and @bibliogato on Threads and Instagram.

Katherine is represented by Lara Perkins at Andrea Brown Literary Agency, where all questions about rights can be directed.