Hollis Kurman was born in New York City and educated at the University of Pennsylvania (BA) and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service (MSFS). In addition to her writing, Kurman has had a distinguished career as a management consultant advising major multinational companies in international growth strategy and innovation. She serves on the Human Rights Watch Global Advisory Council for Women's Rights and the Fulbright Commission NL Board. She is Chairperson of the Ivy Circle, has served on the Board of Trustees of Save the Children Netherlands, and moderates literary and academic events. Her poems have appeared in Amsterdam Quarterly, Atlanta Review (International Poetry Competition finalist), Barrow Street, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Lilith, Ocean State Review, Phoebe, Rattle, and elsewhere. Kurman's debut children's picture book, Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children (Charlesbridge), is published in ten countries. The book is endorsed by Amnesty International, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal (UK) 2021 and the DC Library Association Three Stars Book Award, and won a Northern Lights Book Award. The second book in the series, Counting in Green:10 Little Ways to Help Our Big Planet, launched internationally in 2023, with a third book anticipated in 2026. She lives with her husband in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and can be found online at https: //www.holliskurman.com.