Imagination is where everything begins.
Kristen Caven is a multi-disciplinary creative artist and writer who  writes blogs, books, and articles about parenting, psychology, health, humor, philosophy and creativity, plus stories and songs about interesting characters.
“Overflowing.” 
Her forthcoming book is The Bullying Antidote: Superpower Your Kids For Life. Her novellas—two versions of The Souls of Her Feet—are based on her musical of the same name. 
“Most likely to ‘insight’ a riot”
Her offerings, from graphic novels to greeting cards to speeches and workshops, are thought provoking and entertaining.
“Honestly humorous...humorously honest.”

WRITERS ‎‎(B)‎‎LOG...

  • Passing the Hat With a week to go before my fundraiser ends, I figure I'd better holler about it. My composer and I are raising $2500 worth of "bread for the journey ...
    Posted May 10, 2013, 6:49 PM by Kristen Caven
  • On Mothers and Mothering and Birthing a Book I feel decidedly post-partum this week. I always get a little depressed after big events and book launches. I miss the creative process, and the transition from one phase ...
    Posted Apr 24, 2013, 5:57 PM by Kristen Caven
  • The Souls of Her Feet is stepping out! What's behind the curtain? A much more interesting ebook than you may have ever read. The story is simple, and fun, and engaging: a twist on Cinderella for the ...
    Posted Apr 18, 2013, 3:33 PM by Kristen Caven
  • tiny steps to the big stage "We searched high and low," the legend will go, "for someone who had lived a fairytale life." Sometimes turning a creative problem on its head is the only thing that ...
    Posted Feb 22, 2013, 4:55 AM by Kristen Caven
  • have you ever read a blook? Would you like to read my new novel as it unfurls? I'll soon be blogging  The Souls of Her Feet, the "back story" of my musical, in a daring ...
    Posted Nov 26, 2012, 12:23 PM by Kristen Caven
  • i shake my booty, too... This has nothing to do with my writing career except that it keeps the blood moving through my veins... but I have recently added "Zumba teacher" to my hat collection ...
    Posted Feb 9, 2012, 2:33 PM by Kristen Caven
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New in 2013...

The Souls of Her Feet - in a variety of versions!
by Kristen Caven

A teenage Cinderella with a 21st century dysfunctional family gets help "putting her best foot forward" to make her dreams come true. 

Learn more about the 3 different versions of this story at www.thesoulsofherfeet.com.


The Bullying Antidote

by Dr. Louise Hart and Kristen Caven

A thorough look at the history and scope of bullying, and how parents who create a warm and caring family climate can prevent, overcome, and build immunity to bullying in their children and personal lives. 

ARRIVING JULY 1, 2013

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A musical wrapped in an enigma...


And You Don't Want to Miss...

The Reason She Left and Other Stories

by Kristen Baumgardner Caven
"You know that thing? That special quality that literature brings to making a point? The thing that distinguishes good narrative from essay? Sometimes it makes sense just to come out and say it, make the point; but it's so much more delicious when a writer can take you for the ride and you can see it coming and absorb it in context. That's when sincerity meets reason and defines poignant. Now stir in some self-deprecating humor, leave out the purple prose, and illustrate with love. This special greatness that Kristen Baumgardner Caven brings to her work makes it precious, quirky, and cute - but without ever sacrificing meaning. Would Plato have used graphics if he'd had some decent software? I kinda think so."

Get it now! $13.99 

Perfectly Revolting: My Glamorous Cartooning Career

by Kristen Baumgardner Caven

5.0 out of 5 stars"Absolutely Charming"


"You will love Kristen Caven’s book, Perfectly Revolting, if you:
a) ever attended an all-woman college; b) are or ever have been a feminist; c) are or ever have been a "women’s libber;" d) are or ever have been a cartoonist; e) are or ever have been a woman; f) are or ever have been a man; g) were born with a funnybone; h) all of the above." — Trina Robbins, author, herstorian, comics icon

"..fun and funny, honest and revealing.... I greatly enjoyed it." — Tanya Egan, author of How to Buy a Love of Reading

Get it now! $13.99 • Book Trailer


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“If you want to live a long and healthy life, never eat, drink, or apply to your body anything you see advertised on television or in the national mainstream media.” —from Beauty at Every Age, Natural Solutions Magazine, July 2011

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Shoes, Mirror, Rose - a blog about the musical
The Zorgos Reader - resources on not bullying
Wandering Pie - random essays and funny bits
Styrofoam is Forever - making memories with trash

See all blogs here.