Katrina McKelveyKatrina McKelvey is a children's
author, former primary school teacher, wife and mother living in Newcastle, NSW,
Australia. She is left-handed, loves tea, scary movies and rollercoasters, and
is addicted to mint chocolate. When she as little, a hot air balloon
accidentally landed in her backyard.

Katrina's first experience of motherhood was
a 17-week miscarriage - she went through an induced labour and met her son
after he had passed. Katrina began writing for children when her children were
3 and 5. My Heart began life as a letter Katrina wrote to her daughter
when she started kindergarten.

Katrina's previous books for children include
Dandelions (2015), Up to Something (2019) and Isla's Family
Tree (2020) published by EK books.

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