About

Award-winning author, Kristy Jo Volchko, is a multi-genre novelist, poet, blogger, editorial reviewer, and human rights activist. A member of the IAN, YABC, she’s received the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, New Apple Official Selection, Summer E-Book Awards in General Fiction, July 2017, ‘Outstanding Philanthropic Spirit: Inspiring Hope & Spreading Love Through Books & Reading’ trophy, 4th Annual Grunter Awards-Young Adult Fiction Category Winner, and numerous Readers’ Favorite five-star editorial reviews.

Her best-selling children’s adventure series, which includes such titles as, Frogs Can Fly, There Are No Monsters at Cackleberry Creek, The Clubhouse Cabobble, The ABCs of Cackleberry Creek, It’s a Cackleberry Christmas, Operation Scrub-A-Dub Skunk, and more was inspired by playing on her grandmother’s farm.   

“My short time on that farm was like my very own magic kingdom. Cherry and apple trees, ponds, fields of wildflowers, ladybugs, fireflies, teeny-tiny frogs, critters, starry nights…how can I not write about that?”

The series also inspires children everywhere to love themselves and be compassionate toward others. 

She began writing music, poetry, and short stories as young as eight, and has since penned numerous books, short stories, and poetry anthologies that have become popular around the globe. “There was always some silly limerick, jingle, or budding tale bouncing around my brain, begging to be written down.”

Kristy lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she continues to share her love of storytelling, all things ’80s, and tries to stay out of trouble. 🙂 {{ She also raises awareness for causes dear to her heart; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, global literacy programs, No Kid Hungry, UNICEF, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), and Mastocytosis/MCAD research. 

 www.foodallergy.org 

        www.foodsafety.Gov   

     www.succeedtoread.com   

  www.carnegielibrary.com     

   www.stjude.org  

 www.unicef.org