Art Coulson is a writer of Cherokee, English, and Dutch descent and comes from a family of storytellers in all three traditions. A Navy brat, Art traveled the world, attending 14 schools on three continents before graduating high school. Art served as the first executive director of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma after an award-winning 25-year career in journalism.
Art, the 2023 McNight Fellow in Children’s Literature, is the author of 20 books, graphic novels, and plays. The Reluctant Storyteller was named The Best Children’s Book of the Year in 2021 by Bank Street. Look, Grandma! was named a Best STEM Children’s Book by the National Science Teaching Association in 2022 and featured on the inaugural broadcast of Reading Rainbow Live!