Ellen Warwick has been crafting since she could hold a pair of scissors. Ellen is the author of Injeanuity, Stuff to Hold Your Stuff, Fully Woolly and other titles. She lives in Toronto.

Mary Beth Leatherdale is an award-winning author and editor of books for children and youth. Her books have received many starred reviews and have won or been shortlisted for awards including the Norma Fleck Award, the YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the Silver Birch Award, among others. Mary Beth lives in Toronto with her husband and her dog, Champ.

Rochelle Strauss is on a mission to change the world – one book at a time!#As an environmental educator and award-winning children’s author, Rochelle is dedicated to building environmental literacy and inspiring people to become active stewards of our planet. Through her work, she uses compelling storytelling to bring complex ecological processes and environmental issues to life, helping young people better understand the natural world and empowering them to have a positive impact. Most importantly, Rochelle also brings HOPE by sharing good-news stories of action and innovation from around the world.#Rochelle’s children’s books have won several awards, been translated globally, and been incorporated into curriculum across the United States. The Global Ocean is a UNESCO-endorsed Ocean Decade activity. One Well: The Story of Water on Earth has sold over 650 000 copies worldwide and is embedded into grade 3 language arts curriculum in the United States. It was also selected as part of the UN’s SDG Book Club in support of Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation). Her most recent book, All the Water on Earth, is a lyrical picture book adaptation loosely based on One Well. Her upcoming book, Well Aware: Stories of Hope About Water on Earth, is a sequel to One Well and arrives in 2027.#An active speaker and presenter, Rochelle loves building environmental literacy through her author visits with classrooms around the world. She can also be found raising the profile of nonfiction books as tools for STEM education at conferences and teacher training workshops.#Rochelle lives in Toronto, Canada, but is happiest when she is in, on or by the ocean.

Susan Hood is the author of more than 200 children’s books, including Tickly Toes, The Tooth Mouse (winner of ReadBoston’s 2013 Best Read Aloud Book Award) and a series of ten Pup and Hound beginning readers for Kids Can Press.~ ~Before becoming a full-time author, Susan was the Children’s Content Director for Nick Jr. Magazine and a book editor at Sesame Street and Scholastic. She has written for parents in the New York Times, Working Mother magazine and more.~ ~When not writing, Susan enjoys sailing with her husband from her home in Southport, Connecticut, to ports along the New England coast. Many ideas for new books come from those days sailing the ocean blue. Six more picture books are in the works!