Kristy Dempsey

Kristy Dempsey is a children's book author currently living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She won the 2015 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text on her book A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream.

Early life and non-writing career

Dempsey was born in Lake City, South Carolina She lived in Gastonia, North Carolina, Statesville, North Carolina, Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Greenville, South Carolina as a child. A Dance Like Starlight (Picture book. 3–7) (Philomel 2014)

A review of Papa Put a Man on the Moon in Kirkus Reviews said:

Jasmine L. Precopio writing in School Library Journal said of Papa Put a Man on the Moon:

A starred review of A Dance Like Starlight in Kirkus Reviews said:

Barbara Auerbach writing in School Library Journal said of A Dance Like Starlight:

Ann Kelley, in a starred review of A Dance Like Starlight in Booklist wrote:

Michelle Wardrip, writing in the Statesman Journal said of A Dance Like Starlight:

Carolyn Eubanks, writing in the Petersburg, Virginia Progress-Index said of A Dance Like Starlight:

A review of Superhero Instruction Manual in Kirkus Reviews said:

A review of Ten Little Fingers, Two Small Hands in Kirkus Reviews said:

A review of A Hop is Up in Kirkus Reviews said:

A review of Ten Little Toes, Two Small Feet in Kirkus Reviews said:

Marge Loch-Wouters, writing in School Library Journal, said of Mini Racer:

Randall Enos, writing in Booklist said of Me with You:

Karen MacPherson, writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described Surfer Chick as "the comically inspiring tale of a gnarly new legend".