Bernard Friot
Erica Fyvie
Erica was raised by her parents, yes, but also by the books of Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Norma Klein. She attended the University of Guelph, earning a bachelor’s degree in English and drama. She received her master’s degree from York University in film.#From there, she was a script editor for a production company that specialized in children’s films, and an editor in educational publishing.#Erica lives in Toronto with her family, including two beloved pets: Marzipan and Clover.
James Sage
James Sage is an American author who has channeled his experience with film and photography into creating picture books. He strongly believes that the successful blending of words with images is the element that gives a story its special magic, as it is often what lies beyond both that has the most lasting impact. A story, he insists, should raise questions that are not at first apparent. They should be the cause of thought and wonder, and linger with the reader in a happy, troublesome way. Today, from a small market town in England, he continues to explore this phenomenon, carefully varying his style to suit the subject. For James, it is a continuing adventure.
Louise Bradford
Louise Bradford loves spending time in the woods, especially on snowshoes! A member of Batchewana First Nation, she is the author of two children’s picture books, Sage and the Snowshoe Express and Wade’s Wiggly Antlers, and her other stories have been produced by CBC Radio and CBC Television. As a speechwriter, she has written many speeches for the Government of Canada, usually about farming and the people who grow our food.|Louise is of Canadian and Anishinaabe descent. Her Anishinaabe name, Diindiisi Ikwe, means Blue Jay Woman: the blue jay’s call tells everyone something important is happening. She has two amazing sons who are all grown up, and she is a proud nanna.#Born and raised at Baawaating (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario), Louise now lives and writes in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.)