Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women, illustrated by Carlyn Beccia (San Diego, CA), 2012.

Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993.

She died in January 2021 after being diagnosed with cancer.

Krull lived in San Diego with her husband, Paul Brewer, a children’s book illustrator and author whom she married in 1989. Her papers are cataloged at the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection. She collaborated with Jill Biden on Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, which was released in August 2020 by Simon & Schuster. While at Harcourt, Krull She left publishing in 1984 to establish herself as a children's book author. She moved to San Diego to work as a senior editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, editing authors including Tomie dePaola, Eve Bunting, Patricia Hermes, Anne Lindbergh, Jane Yolen, Arnold Adoff, Amy Schwartz, Judy Delton, and Lael Littke. Krull worked as a children’s book editor for companies in the Midwest, including at Western Publishing from 1974 to 1979, where she edited and wrote books in the Trixie Belden series under the pseudonym of Kathryn Kenny. in 1974 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, magna cum laude, majoring in English, minoring in music. She graduated from the girls' preparatory Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, studied music at Northwestern University, and then earned a B.A. Krull was born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1952 and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. Kathleen Krull (J – January 15, 2021) was an author of children's books and a former book editor. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California.Northeastern University, Lawrence University An illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years, he is also a painter and an accomplished ceramic artist. Bernier-Grand, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. Visit her online at .ĭavid Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor and Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. She is also the author of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, as well as The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) and Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), both co-written with Paul Brewer and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young people, including Lives of the Explorers, Lives of the Musicians, and all other books in this popular series illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull