Kathy-jo Wargin

Kathy-jo Wargin is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for adults and children, earning national recognition for award–winning titles such as Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice Award Winner The Legend of the Loon, The Voyageur’s Paddle, and many more.

Author Kathy-jo Wargin has earned national recognition for award–winning titles such as Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice Award Winner The Legend of the Loon, The Voyageur’s Paddle, and more.

Throughout her thirty year career she has been a consultant to publishers, ghostwriter for notables, public speaker and content developer.  For many of those years, she was a frequent visitor to schools and classrooms throughout the Great Lakes region, teaching about creativity and the natural environment.

Kathy-jo was born in Tower, Minnesota and raised in northern Minnesota.  She studied music composition at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and received a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the University of St. Thomas. Today, as an active entrepreneur,  she is committed to projects that amplify and strengthen the connections between health, wellness, and the natural environment.