![]() ![]() ![]() stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan’s Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. Since 2004, he has run Premio Publishing. His work reflects cultural diversity-not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Raised in Silicon Valley, he has worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His western survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his works have been lauded by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. He is the best-selling and award-winning author/illustrator of 26 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. He’s been a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit), and the front man in a rock band. in conflict resolution, and a broadcast/film certificate. He interned for a Massachusetts publisher and for Congress in D.C. College media instructor Karl Beckstrand has lived a full life (including abroad-visiting four continents). ![]()
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