Carleigh Wu is an elementary school teacher and math coach, and she often travels to different schools to mentor teachers and run professional development workshops. She wants all kids to have the confidence to persevere in whatever they want to learn. Carleigh lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and four children.
Bells Larsen
Bells Larsen (he/they) is a singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec. He sees storytelling as a way to make sense of and connect with both the ordinary and unpredictable moments in life. Larsen has been featured in The Line of Best Fit, Under the Radar, the CBC and Exclaim!, and has shared stages with Martha Wainwright, Land of Talk and Buck Meek. He will release his sophomore album in 2025. Call Me Gray is his first book.
Brad Davidson
Brad Davidson is an educator and children’s book author who lives with his family in Texas. His debut picture book, Pocket Full of Sads, was created in collaboration with his wife, illustrator Rachel Más Davidson. When he’s not crafting stories, Brad is working with students to help them find their voices through the power of writing.
Lorenzo Coltellacci
Lorenzo Coltellacci is the author of several graphic novels and picture books published in French and Italian, including a graphic novel biography about Escher. In 2019, he founded his own independent comic book label, Coltello Comics. He has a degree in Foreign Languages and International Cooperation and works in digital communication.
Carl Brundtland
When Carl Brundtland was growing up, his grandma would share little life lessons in the form of Jamaican proverbs. His favorites were the stories about Anansi the spider, which inspired the antics found in his debut graphic novel. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and two kids, who bring their own form of mischief to his life.