BIO

Angela Burke Kunkel is the author of DIGGING FOR WORDS: JOSÉ ALBERTO GUTIÉRREZ AND THE LIBRARY HE BUILT, illustrated by Paola Escobar and published by Random House/Schwartz and Wade (and simultaneously released in Spanish as RESCATANDO PALABRAS).  After soaking up the sun in the Southwest for a number of years, she now lives in Vermont with her family, two dogs, two guinea pigs, and one rapidly-growing bearded dragon (really, it’s rather alarming). Angela currently works as a school librarian and is a former English Language Arts teacher. Look for her next picture book, PENGUIN JOURNEY, in 2021.

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Angela is represented by Liza Fleissig at the Liza Royce Agency. You can contact her here. You can also connect on Twitter and Instagram.

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Looking for more info? A press kit is here.

An archive of articles and interviews is below.

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ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS 

2020

• "Sophie Blackall- If You Come to Earth" (clip) - Picturebooking with Nick Patton

• "Simply 7 with Angela Burke Kunkel - 'Digging for Words'" with Jena Benton

• "Plotting and Pantsing Their Way to a Debut" with the Soaring 20s on Writers Rumpus

• "Interview with Debut Author Angela Burke Kunkel" with CritterLit

• "Author Spotlight: Angela Burke Kunkel" with KidLit411

• "Experiencing the World with the Soaring '20s"with The Children's Book Podcast with Matthew Winner

• "Digging For Words/Rescatando las Palabaras Cover Reveal" with Mr. Schu

• "Storystorm 2020 Day 7: Angela Kunkel Views a Viral Video," with Writing for Kids While Raising Them with Tara Lazar

• "Goal Setting for Writers, From Bullet Journaling to the Ship's Log," with The Soaring '20s

2019​

• "No Prompt Needed," with The Soaring '20s

• "On Being Your Own Audience," with 24 Carrot Writing

• "How I Got My Agent," with Julie Hedlund