Kristy Dempsey

Kristy Dempsey is a children's book author currently living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She won the 2015 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text on her book "A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream".
Early life and non-writing career.
Dempsey was born in Lake City, South Carolina She lived in Gastonia, North Carolina, Statesville, North Carolina, Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Greenville, South Carolina as a child. She attended Furman University in Greenville. Later she lived in Carrollton, Georgia. In 1998 she moved to Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Dempsey is a Middle School/High School/ Advanced Placement Language and Composition English Teacher and has been a school librarian. She teaches at the American School of Belo Horizonte.
Critical responses.
A review of "Papa Put a Man on the Moon" in "Publishers Weekly" said:
A review of "Papa Put a Man on the Moon" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
Jasmine L. Precopio writing in "School Library Journal" said of "Papa Put a Man on the Moon":
A starred review of "A Dance Like Starlight" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
Barbara Auerbach writing in "School Library Journal" said of "A Dance Like Starlight":
Ann Kelley, in a starred review of "A Dance Like Starlight" in "Booklist" wrote:
Michelle Wardrip, writing in the "Statesman Journal" said of "A Dance Like Starlight":
Carolyn Eubanks, writing in the Petersburg, Virginia "Progress-Index" said of "A Dance Like Starlight":
A review of "Superhero Instruction Manual" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
A review of "Ten Little Fingers, Two Small Hands" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
A review of "A Hop is Up" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
A review of "Ten Little Toes, Two Small Feet" in "Kirkus Reviews" said:
Marge Loch-Wouters, writing in "School Library Journal", said of "Mini Racer":
Randall Enos, writing in "Booklist" said of "Me with You":
Karen MacPherson, writing in the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" described "Surfer Chick" as "the comically inspiring tale of a gnarly new legend".