Kimberly Dean

Kimberly Dean is an author and artist best known for her work on the Pete the Cat children’s-book series, created with her husband, artist James Dean. Before becoming a full-time author and artist, she worked in the Governor’s Press Office for the State of Georgia, leaving in 1998 to pursue art. She began collaborating with James Dean on Pete the Cat books in 2004, and her first children’s book, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, was published in 2013.

Dean has written many Pete the Cat titles, including Pete the Cat’s Family Road Trip, a Level 1 I Can Read book published by HarperCollins, as well as books featuring the characters Willow and Oliver. She lives in Savannah, Georgia, with her dog, Gypsy, and cat, Phoebe.