John Ibbitson is the author of Jeremy’s War 1812 and other novels. He is the Washington correspondent for The Globe and Mail. His novel The Landing won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2008. John grew up in the area depicted in the The Landing.

Diane Silvey is a member of the Sechelt Band (Coast Salish), who graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Native Indian Teacher Education Program and has taught in British Columbia for 23 years. #The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada is a balanced, in-depth look at the cultures, struggles and triumphs of Canada’s first peoples. Exhaustively researched and reviewed by specialists in the field, this groundbreaking book is by far the most comprehensive of its kind. The detailed illustrations, based on museum artifacts, written records of long ago and contemporary scholarship, help bring the traditional ways to life for young readers.

Elizabeth MacLeod became a writer at a young age. When she and her older brothers were supposed to be doing homework, instead they were sliding crazy drawings and silly stories under one another’s bedroom doors. Elizabeth couldn’t draw (unfortunately, she still can’t), so she wrote wild tales about mad scientists and creatures from alien planets. Not a lot of homework got done!#While at the University of Toronto, Elizabeth didn’t take a single writing course. Instead, she studied science, graduating with an honors degree in biology and botany. That science training came in handy when she started in children’s publishing as the managing editor at OWL Magazine. Then she became an editor and writer at Kids Can Press, where she’s written on subjects ranging from Albert Einstein and horses to Mount Everest and Lucy Maud Montgomery.#Now Elizabeth is a very nosy freelance writer who loves finding out why people do the things they do, so she especially liked writing the books in the “Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History” series (for kids ages 8 to 12) and the “Inspiring Lives” series (for kids ages 6 to 8).#A proud Canadian, Elizabeth loves writing about people who live in Canada and have changed the country – and sometimes the world. As a female writer, she thinks it’s vital that kids know about the courageous women who have improved our lives, so she’s really pleased to share her book Canadian Women Now + Then with readers. Elizabeth wrote about a different kind of brave Canadian in her book Bunny the Brave War Horse, the incredible true story about a horse from Toronto, Ontario, who served with amazing courage in World War I.#Elizabeth and her husband live in Toronto, where their cat, Cosimo, is usually sprawled across her desk!

Adrienne Mason works as a full-time writer and editor from her home on the west coast of Vancouver Island. She is the author of more than thirty books for children and eight books for adults as well as numerous magazine articles in publications including National Geographic Kids, Boys’ Life, YES! magazine and others. Her books for Kids Can Press include the Lu and Clancy series, five titles in the KCP Wildlife Series (Otters, Owls, Skunks, Snakes and Bats), the Primary Physical Sciences series, and Planet Ark. Adrienne was the managing editor of KNOW: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids, and is currently the managing editor of Hakai Magazine.#Adrienne enjoys spending time outdoors – hiking, camping, beachcombing and cycling – with her husband, a national park warden.