Welcome! Kari Rust is a Canadian illustrator, author and animator.
In Kari’s words:
Puzzling out ways to tell a story visually is something I find tremendously enjoyable. When I build stories I want them to seem a lot like everyday life where characters don’t always do the right thing, where people make mistakes and learn from them. I want the characters to find ways to care about each other. For the pictures, my aim is to make them cinematic with lighting, movement and feeling.
Kari studied animation at Emily Carr and worked as an animator for a long time before she started making books. Over the years, she has also taught art and animation to kids and adults and she currently mentors students at Vancouver Film School. Kari lives in an old house on the west coast of Canada with her husband, two kids and a dog named Rolo.
Tricky, Kari’s first book, was nominated for a Chocolate Lily Book Award, and an Ontario Library Association, Blue Spruce Award. Her second book, The House at the End of the Road, was also nominated for a Chocolate Lily Award, as well as a Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award. The House at the End of the Road was included in the CBC Books “30 Canadian Picture Books to Watch for this Fall” (2019).
Kari is a member of CWILL BC and SCBWI. Thanks for visiting!
Contact through CWILL BC: Kari Rust
Instagram @rustikar
