Kristina Stephenson is a British author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular her series Sir Charlie Stinky Socks published by Egmont Publishing and the Molly Maybe series, published by Simon & Schuster.
After school, Stephenson trained as a set and costume designer at the Central School of Art and Design. She worked for many years as a designer, writer and producer in the theatre and television, specialising in young children's programming for BBC and Channel 4, until she had her children. Wanting to stay at home with them she turned her hand to illustration. Inspired to write her first picture book by her son Charlie became an author.