Kat Fajardo (she/they) is a Honduran Colombian award-winning cartoonist and illustrator from the lively and magical place of Loisaida, New York City. 

 

She's the creator of Miss Quinces, which was a National Indie Bestseller, received a Pura Belpre Honor for illustration, two starred reviews, and was selected as a summer reading pick by Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, The Horn Book, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It was also added to the The Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading Program by the Texas Library Association. It was the first Graphix title to be simultaneously published in English and Spanish (as Srta. Quinces). 

 

Kat is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, and their work has been recognized by online publications such as Remezcla, El Hispanic News, School Library Journal, Huffington Post Latino Voices, and more. Kat loves to create playful and colorful work about self-acceptance and Latine culture. 

 

When they aren’t making comics, you might find them collecting bugs, scrapbooking, listening to spooky podcasts, or chasing after their sock-stealing pup, Roni. She is definitely not two dogs in a trench coat. Kat lives in Austin, Texas.