Daniel Bernstrom

Daniel R. Bernstrom is the critically acclaimed author of thirteen picture books. He won the Minnesota Book Award for Big Papa and the Time Machine, and his books have been on a number of notable lists, including the Bank Street College of Reading Best Books of the Year and the CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center). He's won the Skipping Stones Award for Goodnight Little Man, boasts an NCTE Notables Award, and two Junior Library Guild books. His Book Song in the City was selected as an NEA Read Across America book selection and was nominated for the Minnesota Star of the North Award. He has also been nominated for the Cybils Award and several state awards in Iowa, Arizona, and Illinois. His book, Big Papa and the Time Machine, was one of several books selected for the PBS virtual Let’s Learn program.

Daniel currently works as an English Faculty member at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota, teaching literature and English Composition. He received his MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. He currently lives in Worthington, Minnesota with his wife Heather and six children."

He received his Bachelor's in Electronic Media Communication from the University of Northwestern St. Paul and his Master of Fine Arts (MFAC) in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University.