Naomi McIlwraith is dedicated to bringing Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous people together to wrestle with the truth of Canada’s colonial origins and to leave a better story for our descendants to tell about how we are healing a broken relationship. A Métis educator, poet and essayist, Naomi gratefully uses her education to build a more peaceful world. She lives in amiskwacî-wâskahikan, Plains Cree for Beaver Hills House, also known as Edmonton, Alberta.
Monique Polak
Monique Polak is a journalist and writing instructor. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for Children’s and YA Literature, recently renamed the QWF Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. In 2016, Monique was the CBC/Quebec Writers’ Federation inaugural writer-in-residence. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Pauline Pinson
Pauline Pinson is a filmmaker and screenwriter for animation. She has directed series for French networks Canal+ and France Télévisions, and she is also the author of Viking Girl and Non-Non a très honte. Pauline lives in France.
Anna Claybourne
Anna Claybourne has written hundreds of children’s books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare’s life and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rainforests of Costa Rica, as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. She lives with her kids and cats in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Kay Barnham
Kay Barnham has a degree in linguistics. She worked as an editor of illustrated nonfiction before starting to write her own books, including fiction under the name Kay Woodward. She has written almost 100 books. She lives in New Forest in the United Kingdom with her husband and daughter.