Kaelen Felix is a children’s book illustrator, graphic artist, and poet from the Saint Louis, Missouri area, where she also currently resides as a freelancer who has been specializing in this field since 2018. 

Ms. Felix is a graduate of Memphis College of Art where she obtained her BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Illustration and has been professionally creating children’s books for clients that can be seen on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books-A-Million, Bookshop, Booktopia, Goodreads, Walmart, plus more.

Ms. Felix’s work is known for finding the beautiful, saturated joy in wildlife to making these ethereal published children’s illustrations come alive. Her illustrative technique isnot only rich in color, but also her angelic poetry combined with her art allows her poetic tales to be uniquely different.

Her love of writing comes from figurative language such as alliterations and combining those metaphors into rhyming tales with including characters, such as her nieces. With every illustration, she strives to bring laughter, fun, and joy to every big to small illustrations for her coming children’s book. 

Almost two years ago, Lisa from Prolific Pulse Press LLC accepted Kaelen Felix as a client for her first upcoming children’s book. 

Kaelen's first book debuted on March 17th, 2025. Her book is called, Wings and Whispers: Tales of Friendship (Volume 1) which takes you on a magical and fantastical adventures through the poems. After the release of her book, Kaelen has been featured on KSDK: 5 On Your Side  on March 23rd, 2025. 

More recently, Kaelen earned a finalist award for her book from the American Writing Awards from the Fiction-General category! Follow along on Kaelen’s social media accounts from Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Bluesky and more to come along on this spellbinding adventure that awaits you all! 

@Kaelen.felix (Facebook)

@kaelix_fx (Instagram)

@kaelix_fx (Threads)

@kaelenfelix (TikTok)

@kaelenfelix.bsky.social (Blue Sky)