Karen Kilpatrick - Karen Kilpatrick is the author and co-illustrator of the award winning children’s books series, Pumpkinheads® (Carmin Cares, Ella’s Toys, Love Monster Lulu, Sage’s Song and Danza’s Message). She currently is working on new Pumpkinheads® titles and other books for children. Karen also writes adult short stories, and is a winning author in the Florida Writer’s Association’s collection contest, with her short story, The Envelope, published October 2014. She began telling stories to her son almost immediately after he was born. After her daughters were born, she began illustrating the stories too, making “books” for them almost daily! At first, her only goal was to entertain. Yet after witnessing her children's incredible capacity to absorb and understand, she started to focus on the power and effect of the words she chose. Karen wanted to create an early foundation for self-confidence, kindness, appreciation, tolerance, awareness and respect through fun and engaging stories.