Karl Beckstrand

Former media professor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling author-illustrator of 50+ cross-cultural titles with reviews by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Raised in San Jose, California, he has a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations & conflict resolution, and a broadcast and film certificate. Since 2004, he has run Premio Publishing. He’s won multiple publishing awards, including a 2025 Global Book Award for nonfiction and a 2016 International Book Award for his Y.A. western, To Swallow the Earth. Find Beckstrand’s mysteries, nonfiction, biographies, STEM, and Spanish/bilingual books via major distributors. KarlBeckstrand.com