Biography
Rachel Katstaller is originally from tiny tropical El Salvador, where she studied strategic design. After a period in New York, where she attended the Summer Residency in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts, Rachel relocated to the Alps, together with her cat Hemingway, in order to pursue her lifelong dream of illustrating children’s books. Rachel now works for several international publishing houses and also has her own apparel brand, Las Furias. Hemingway still remains skeptical about the cold weather and lack of palm trees to climb.~Instagram: @rachelkatstaller
Awards
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Itzel and the Ocelot
2022 - May & June Loanstars Jr., Booknet Canada, Joint Winner
2023 - Delaware Diamonds K-2, Diamond State Reading Association, Short-Listed
2024 - Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award, Westchester Library Association, Joint Winner
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A Portrait in Poems
2021 - CCBC Choices List, Cooperative Children's Book Center, Winner
2020 - Best Picture Books of 2020, Kirkus Reviews, Winner
Picture Books
Itzel and the Ocelot, 2022Non-fiction
A Portrait in Poems, 2020