Dharmali was born in Mumbai, India. As a kid, she was fascinated with the world of animation. In 2000, she obtained a diploma in Applied Arts with a major in illustration. She explored different painting techniques and mediums during this stage and enjoyed creating illustrations using spray paint. After graduating, Dharmali started working in the animation industry in Mumbai. Her desire for adventure and thirst to learn more about the animation process drew her to the Vancouver Film School. She graduated from the Classical Animation Program in 2004 and started working in the North American animation industry. Dharmali has worked on a number of productions airing on Teletoon, the Cartoon Network and Nicktoons UK, as well as projects with Warner Bros. and Disney.#Dharmali lives in the wonderful city of Toronto and spends her days creating illustrations for different publications, working as an animation director, designer and concept artist for animated series. She is constantly exploring new illustration styles and loves the process of creating illustrations for children’s books. http://www.dharmalipatel.com/

Steve Adams has collaborated with a wide range of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune and the Globe and Mail. He has also illustrated eight children’s books. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Being born in 1962 isn’t easy, but that’s exactly what Pierre Pratt did, on February 8th. Little by little, he began to grow. Like any growing artist, he drew the objects around him and the people he met in the quiet atmosphere of his little room, his face a mask of perfect concentration. He still retains that expression. He studied graphic design at Ahuntsic College in Montreal. At the beginning of the 1980s, he began drawing small comic strips. Then he turned to illustration. He did his apprenticeship with several different magazines in Quebec. Since 1990, he has been illustrating (and also writing) books for children, some 50 by now. He has won several prizes, including three Governor General’s Literary Awards, a Golden Apple and a Golden Plaque at the Bienniale of Illustrations Bratislava, a Totem at the Montreuil Salon du Livre, the UNICEF Illustrator of the Year award at the Bologna Book Fair, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award, the Mr. Christie Book Award and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. In 2008, he represented Canada for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

As a young girl, Josée loved drawing cats and houses. She really enjoyed school and always returned home full of stories to tell (and, of course, to draw!). She liked being in the classroom so much that she pursued her education all the way to university, where she studied graphic design. It was there that she fell in love with illustration.#Since that time, with scissors and brushes in hand, Josée has illustrated more than 30 picture books. She also illustrates for magazines and newspapers.#Josée lives just outside of Montreal with her family, their hairless cat and many characters she created.