Sara Leach hails from Whistler, BC, where she loves to ski, hike and bike. Her middle grade novel Count Me In won the Red Cedar Book Award for 2012/13. In addition to being a children’s author, she is also an elementary school teacher-librarian. She has had the privilege of teaching several amazing students with Asperger […]

Award-winning author Wendy Orr was born in Edmonton, Alberta. The daughter of an Air Force pilot, she has since lived around the world, including several years in Colorado, in France, and England where she studied Occupational Therapy. After graduation, Wendy settled in Australia, but returns home yearly to visit her family. Wendy’s many books for children […]

Lana Button is a children’s author, educator, and entertainer who is passionate about supporting and encouraging children through entertainment. Lana began writing following a career in television and theatre. Her books, including Willow Finds a Way, have been shortlisted for the Blue Spruce Award, The Shining Willow Award, the Jean Throop IODE Award, the Rainforest of Reading Award, […]

Victoria Allenby has been writing poetry and stories for as long as she can remember. Her debut picture book, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award and was nominated for the 2015 SYRCA Shining Willow Award. She has followed up the success of this debut with the critically acclaimed early […]

Sandra Bradley is a chocolate lover, a clinical social worker and therapist, and a children’s book author. Her first picture book, Henry Holton Takes the Ice, was a finalist for the OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award and the Maine Chickadee Reader’s Choice Award. Born in Toronto, Sandra earned her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) […]

Mardi McConnochie’s novels for young readers include Dangerous Games and Melissa, Queen of Evil, which won an Aurealis Award, Australia’s premiere award for speculative fiction. She is also the author of four adult novels: Coldwater, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize First Novel Award (Pacific region), The Snow Queen, Fivestar, and The Voyagers. […]

Margriet Ruurs is the award-winning author of twenty-six books for children. Passionate about literacy, she writes children’s and educational materials, edits the web magazine KidsWWWrite, and conducts author visits and writing workshops at international schools around the world. When she isn’t travelling, Margriet runs a booklover’s bed and breakfast on Salt Spring Island in British […]

Katherine Gibson is the best-selling author of four non-fiction books. Her work has been published internationally in several languages. Katherine’s extensive research for the illustrated biography Ted Harrison: Painting Paradise was instrumental in the writing of her latest book, A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison. This picture book biography, co-authored by […]

Christiane Duchesne hails from Montreal. She has written for television, film, and radio in addition to her work in children’s publishing. Her works La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic and Victor won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature in 1990 and 1992, respectively.

Michelle Kadarusman grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Her middle-grade novel, Berani won the NCTA Freeman Book Award and the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Her books have earned numerous honors, including two nominations for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and a Malka Penn Award for human rights in children’s literature. More recently, Seabird […]