Meet Becky
Becky grew up with muddy knees, pony tails, and a mission to climb every tree in sight. Born in Memphis and raised across Kansas and Texas, she spent her childhood building forts, catching crawdads, and fishing at her grandparents’ lake cottage in Minnesota. If the sun was up, Becky was outside—usually with a jar of fireflies in one hand and a softball mitt in the other.
A storyteller from the start, Becky penned her first poem about pollution in fourth grade and never looked back. By high school, she was co-editor of the school newspaper and competing in writing competitions that earned her awards and a letter jacket.
After earning her Psychology degree from Texas Tech, Becky worked as a college admissions counselor before realizing her heart belonged in an elementary classroom. She returned to pursue her Master’s in Education and spent 13 exciting years teaching young learners across Texas. Her classroom was a creative sanctuary filled with learning and love.
Becky married her college sweetheart, and they have two grown children — an engineer and a doctor. It’s the honor of her life to be their mom.
When the world hit pause during the pandemic, Becky pressed play on a lifelong dream: writing books for kids. After four years of writing, revising, and soaking up all things kidlit, Becky sold her debut picture book, Fraser and Henry Grow a Friend, to Charlesbridge Publishing. It’s due out summer 2027—and she’s just getting started!
Becky Walker is reprenented by Stephen Fraser at the Jennifer De Chiara Agency at fraserstephena@gmail.com.
FUN FACTS
Favorites
Meal Now: Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, cream gravy, and yeast rolls with butter and a diet Coke. As a kid: Pancakes, butter, syrup, and bacon -still a favorite!
Color Now: Green As a kid: It’s always been green
Movie Now: The Notebook, On Golden Pond, Titanic As a kid: The Swiss Family Robinson
TV Now: Outlander, Survivor, Friends As a kid: The Brady Bunch, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, The Jetsons-the only cartoon I liked, Happy Days
Book Now: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, The Hunger Games series by S. Collins As a kid: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
Hobbies Now: Traveling, Attending Sporting Events, Live Music Concerts As a kid: Every sport, piano (hated it wanted to be outside)
Funny Story In fifth grade, Becky almost dropped out of school over… a dress. Yep, the music teacher declared that all girls must wear dresses for the big school program. Becky, a proud tomboy, refused and a fierce fashion standoff followed.
At last, her mom brokered a peace treaty: a handsewn blue jean overall dress with a t-shirt underneath. But as Becky walked into the school with all the other girls in pastel, frilly dresses, she wobbled like a penguin.
Something was up.
Her mom’s eyes narrowed. She knew that wobble. A quick peek confirmed it—Becky had smuggled her soccer ball under the dress, squeezed tight between her knees. “Drop it,” her mom demanded. Can you imagine if the soccer ball had dropped out and bounced across the stage during the grand finale? To this day, it’s still hard to get Becky to ditch her warm-ups for a dress.
