Corinna Luyken is the author/illustrator of numerous picture books that have been translated into thirteen languages. These include The New York Times Best Seller, MY HEART; THE BOOK OF MISTAKES (A Bologna Children’s Book Fair selection which The Wall Street Journal called “sublime”); ABC AND YOU AND ME (a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection); THE TREE IN ME (an NCTE Notable Poetry Book and Indie Bestseller); THE ARGUERS (a School Library Best Picture Book of 2025) and most recently HELLO, OCEAN! She was raised in Oregon, California, and Hawaii; and studied dance improvisation, poetry, and printmaking at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her work is rooted in improvisation and explores themes of connection, perception, and misperception. She now lives near the Salish Sea where she likes to dig in the dirt, surf, and read with a cat (or two) on her lap.