Head shot of Kendra Bell, a 30 year old woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a green dress, smiling.

Kendra Bell is an aspiring children’s author-illustrator, and a local artist in Raleigh, North Carolina.

She is inspired by her two wild, imaginative boys, and the beauty of nature.

Her children’s writing has placed in Write Mentor, Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things, Fall Frenzy, 50 Precious Words and Global Comix. She is an active member of SCWBI, and a graduate from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Creative Writing and a Masters in Teaching.

You can explore her art at Canva: https://cara.app/kendrabellart, instagram, and Global Comix.

Kendra is a Seattle native but currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.