Kari Herbert

KARI HERBERT is an author-illustrator and travel photojournalist. She studied at Exeter College of Art and her writing, art and photography has been published around the world. She grew up with a remote tribe of Inuit in Greenland, but is now living in Cornwall where she writes a blog for the respected Newlyn School of Art.

Her first book 'The Explorer’s Daughter' was published by Penguin and aired as ‘Book of the Week’ for BBC Radio 4. She has written several books on exploration, women’s history and visual culture including the award winning, international bestseller 'Explorers’ Sketchbooks', co-authored with her husband Huw Lewis-Jones. Her new books for children include 'We Are Artists: Women Who Made Their Mark on the World' and 'We Are Explorers' by Thames & Hudson. When not travelling in wild and woolly places, Kari can usually be found creating by the sea.