KATRINA GERMEIN is a best-selling children’s author, published and translated internationally. Her popular titles include Bev and Kev, Fabulous Frogs, One Little Duck, and the My Dad Thinks He’s Funny series. Katrina’s work has been Highly Commended in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and won a CBCA Honour, as well as CBCA short-listings and Notables. Katrina is a past winner of the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. Her books have been recorded five times for the children’s television show, Play School. When she’s not writing books or talking about them, Katrina enjoys reading, daydreaming, and drinking tea with friends; she also likes bushwalking and going to the beach. Katrina’s latest release, Another Year Around the Sun, has been described as ‘elegant and perfect’. Her twenty-ninth picture book, Girls Like, is scheduled for autumn 2026.
Katrina writes about family, friendship, and the natural environment, creating fiction and non-fiction titles. She works with amazing illustrators and believes you’re never too young or too old to enjoy a good picture book. Katrina’s first book, Big Rain Coming, has remained in print for over 25 years and has featured in many curriculum resources and on programs such as Yamba’s Playtime and Grandpa Honeyant Storytime.
Katrina holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education (Early Childhood). She continues to teach part-time and regularly delivers author presentations to readers and writers of all ages. Katrina has an outstanding guinea pig named Honeydew and an adorable small dog named Sadie. Summer is her favourite season.
Read Katrina’s newsletters on Substack here: Thirty-two Pages.
“Books with happy endings give readers hopeful hearts.”
Katrina Germein 