Kyo Maclear is a critically acclaimed, award-winning author for big people and little people. Her previous picture books for children include
Spork,
Mr. Flux and
Virginia Wolf, which won the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration, Canada's most prestigious children's book prize.
The Letter Opener, her first novel for adults, won the K.M. Hunter Artists Award and was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her most recent novel,
Stray Love, appeared on several notable "Best of 2012" lists. She lives in Toronto with singer and composer David Wall and their two children. Visit her online at kyomaclearkids.com.
Julie Morstad is an author, illustrator and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her most recent book for children,
How To, marks her authorial debut, and has received starred reviews in
Kirkus,
School Library Journal and
Quill & Quire, as well as a Governor General's award nomination. Books she has illustrated for children include
When You Were Small, recipient of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award;
When I Was Small, winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize; and
Singing Away the Dark, which was shortlisted for a number of children's literature prizes.
