Glen Huser's novels include
Touch of the Clown (shortlisted for the Mr. Christie's Book Award),
Stitches (winner of the Governor General's Award) and
Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award). A former teacher-librarian in Edmonton, Glen has taught writing for children at the University of British Columbia. He recently explored his passion for musical theater in
Time for Flowers, Time for Snow, a picture-book retelling of the myth of Demeter and Persephone (with a CD featuring a 180-voice children's chorus).
Stacy Innerst is an acclaimed artist and illustrator of children's books. His picture books have been awarded a BCCB Blue Ribbon Picture Book Award as well as a Parents' Choice Gold Medal and have been selected for recognition by the Society of Illustrators, the Smithsonian and the Junior Library Guild.
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was named a Best Book of the Year by
Publishers Weekly. His paintings and prints have been exhibited widely in the US and abroad.
