Kate is an best-selling author and artist from Houston, Texas. She studied architecture at Yale and Norwegian boat building through the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Fellowship, after which she made her way out to Los Angeles to work as a concept artist in animation. She has worked for studios including Disney, Dreamworks, and Roosterteeth in roles ranging from visual development to background design. She is currently a location designer at Disney TV Animation. 

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Her first middle grade novel, Maple’s Theory of Fun, written and illustrated with Ruthie Prillaman, was named a USA Today best-seller. Kate is also the author and illustrator of the nonfiction picture book Sustainable Structures, which was selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection as well as a National Science and Teach Association and Children's Book Council 2025 Best STEM book of the year. 

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Her art often explores the handmade imperfections of human making through wonky buildings, scribbly objects, and tactile textures.​ In her free time, she enjoys building furniture, biking around LA, and overwatering her plants.  She is repped by Alex Weiss at Azantian Literary.