R J Kinderman is a retired educator living with his wife Denise on their farm in Northwester Wisconsin. He has lived an active lifestyle in the outdoors including twice biking across America as well as a lifetime spent messing around kayaks and canoes and countless hours on CC skis and snowshoes.
His first book Tailwinds across America is an exciting memoir recounting their bike rides across our country and at the urging of several readers R J embarked on his career of writing Children’s Picture books that can now be found in thousands of homes.
In 2017 R J was the recipient of the prestigious Jade Ring Award from the Wisconsin Writers Association in recognition of his writing. He enjoys the support of many educators and principals and received the endorsement of Mrs. Barbara Bush, former First Lady, for his book Beans and Lolo’s Big Bike Ride.
