Kirbi Fagan is an American, New York Best Selling illustrator. Her work includes the picture book The Summer of the Tree Army by Gloria Whelan (2021), We Are the Scrappy Ones by Rebekah Taussig (2025), A Horse Named Sky by Rosanne Parry (2023) as well as cover art in adult, YA, middle-grade, and comic books. Kirbi is driven to create books for readers like her. When she was growing up, arts and crafts were her lifeline as a way to cope with ongoing illness. Kirbi is traditionally trained as an oil painter, earning her bachelor's degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design. Her author-illustrator project will debut fall 2025: The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story.

Kirbi visits classrooms, pre-K to university to talk about being an artist and making books. She is the former Co-Regional Illustrator Coordinator with the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators. She and her husband live in Michigan, where they practice sustainable gardening on their small homestead. In 2024, Kirbi founded The Scrap Library, a resource for turning everyday scraps—from fabric bits to pantry leftovers—into creative treasures and family-friendly projects.

Represented by Kayla Cichello | Kayla(at)upstartcrowliterary.com

For other inquiries about school visits and more:

Kirbifagan(at)gmail.com