Sue Ann Alderson
One of Canada's finest writers for young people, Sue Ann Alderson has published 16 children's books, including Sure As Strawberries, and Bonnie McSmithers You're Driving Me Dithers. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches writing at the University of British Columbia. She wrote Wherever Bears Be.

Karim Alrawi
Author of The Girl who Lost her Smile, Karim Alrawi is the editor-in-chief of Arabica, the major English language magazine for the Arab-American community. He is also Playwright in Residence at Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan. He has over 30 professionally produced plays to his credit and has won many national and international awards for his writing. Mr. Alrawi was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and has since lived in England, Canada and the United States.

Hans Christian Anderson
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is best known to the English-speaking world for his stories: The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Ann Chandler

Ann Chandler has a MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and has been published in magazines such as The Beaver and Reader's Digest. This is her first published book.

Stefan Czernecki
Author of Huevos Rancheros and illustrator of Huevos Rancheros; Mr. Belinsky's Bagels; Mama God, Papa God; The Girl who Lost her Smile; Aziz: the story teller, Stefan Czernecki has illustrated and written many books for children, setting most of his stories in other countries. His books include The Sleeping Bread, Pancho's Pinata, and The Hummingbird's Gift.

Sheree Fitch
Sheree Fitch is an educator, literary activist and author of award winning poetry, picture books, nonfiction, plays, and novels for all ages. Sheree currently lives in Washington D.C. She is originally from Nova Scotia, and one day plans to return to Canada.
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Melanie Harby
Melanie Harby lives in California with her husband and two sons. She has written lyrics for CDs produced by Walt Disney Records and Warner Bros. Records. This is her first children's book. Geraldo Valério has illustrated many

Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry

Alyxandra studied Creative Writing and Literature at York University and has had poetry published in several magazines. Her first YA novel, Waking, was published by Orca Books.
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Robert Heidbreder

Robert Heidbreder has been enchanting children with his joyful poems and rhymes for more than two decades. His many books of poetry for children include Eenie Meenie Manitoba, Don't Eat Spiders, I Wished for a Unicorn and Drumheller Dinosaur Dance. He teaches K-2 in Vancouver, BC.

James Heneghan

James Heneghan is one of Canada's most celebrated authors of fiction for young people. His award-winning books have been applauded for their story-telling. He wrote Nannycatch Chronicles (Tradewind Books)- short-listed for the 2008 BCLA Red Cedar Award -with his long-time writing partner Bruce McBay.

Vi Hughes

Vi Hughes lives in Vancouver and is the principal of an elementary school. Aziz: the Story Teller is her first book.

Katarina Jovanovic

Katarina Jovanovic is a writer, teacher, journalist and award-winning poet. She worked for many years in children’s broadcasting and now lives in Vancouver.

Richardo Keens-Douglas
Author of Mama God, Papa God, Richardo Keens-Douglas is a well known Canadian storyteller who was born on the Caribbean island of Grenada. He is the author of three previous children's books including The Nutmeg Princess and La Diablesse and the Baby. He lives in Toronto and Grenada where he is an accomplished storyteller, actor and broadcaster.

Glenda Leznoff

Author of Pigmalion, Glenda Leznoff teaches writing and lives in Vancouver, B.C.

  Bruce McBay

Bruce McBay is the department head of Learning Support Staff at a Burnaby Secondary School. As a teacher, he is interested in writing books for reluctant readers.

Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell is one of England's finest wordsmiths and storytellers. He has written numerous children's books. His poetry is represented in the Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse. He lives in London, England. He wrote Maudie and the Green Children.

Karen Needham

Author of Strange Beginnings, Karen Needham is the curator of the Spencer Entomological Museum and teaches a variety of biology courses in the Dept. of Zoology at UBC. She has been fascinated with creepy crawlies since a young age.

William New

William H. New has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canadian literature. The Year I was Grounded is his fourth book for young readers.

Sheldon Oberman
Sheldon Oberman started writing in the mid-seventies, inspired by bedtime stories he told his children. He acted and directed in both film and stage plays, and toured North America as a professional storyteller. He is the author of Island of the Minotaur: Greek myths from ancient Crete

Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Shulamith Levey Oppenheim is the award-winning author of many books, including The Fish Prince, a collection of Mermen folktales, and The Sea King with Jane Yolen. She lives in Massachusetts.

Leslie Owen
Author of Pacific Tree Frogs, Leslie Owen is a children's book editor and agent who lives in Pensicola Florida.

Glen Petrie
Author of Lucy and the Pirates, Glen Petrie has published eleven novels. He lives in London with his wife, Pat Petrie, and they have four children. Lucy and the Pirates is his first book for children.

PJ Reece


PJ Reece is a former filmmaker who has been earning a living entirely from writing for the last twenty years. ROXY is his second YA novel. PJ divides his time between Vancouver and Mexico. Wherever he is, you can catch him on his blog at http://www.pjreece.ca/blog/wordpress/

Simon Rose

Simon Rose was born in Derbyshire, England. He graduated from university with a degree in history and has lived in Canada since 1990. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature of West Redding, CT. Simon and his two children, dog and cat live in Calgary.
Simon's first novel for young readers, The Alchemist's Portrait, was published by Tradewind Books in 2003 followed by The Sorcerer's Letterbox in 2004, The Clone Conspiracy in 2005, The Emerald Curse in 2006 and The Heretic's Tomb in 2007. He is also a contributing author to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume One. A sixth novel, The Doomsday Mask, will also be published by Tradewind Books in 2009.
Simon offers a wide variety of presentations, workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, covering such topics as the writing process, editing and revision, where ideas come from and how writers turn them into stories, character development, historical fiction and historical research, story structure, the publishing world and more. He is also a regular presenter at conferences and festivals, and has served as a juror for numerous literary prizes and awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature in 2007. He offers a variety of services for writers, including manuscript evaluation, editing, writing workshops and coaching, plus writing services for the business community. Full details can be found at his website http://www.simon-rose.com/. You may also visit his blog at http://simon-rose.blogspot.com/
Simon Rose - Science Fiction and Fantasy Author - YouTube video
Interview with Simon Rose - Cynthia's Attic Blog

Michael Rosen

One of Britain's foremost children's poets, Michael Rosen has written more than fifty books of poetry, stories and non-fiction for children. He has appeared many times on television and radio and moderates his own BBC Radio Programme, Treasure Island. He wrote The Zoo at Night

Paulette Sarmonpol
Paulette Sarmonpol was born in London but spent the early part of her childhood in Thailand. Paulette and her daughter, Kai, now live on the edge of Hampstead Heath, London where the story of Where Are My Onions? takes place.

Ellen Schwartz
Author of Mr. Belinsky's Bagels, Ellen Schwartz has written four Starshine books (Polestar Books) and lives in Vancouver, B.C. Visit Ellen Schwartz blog

Robert San Souci is the author of many award-winning retellings of legends and folktales for children. He also wrote the screen story for the Walt Disney animated feature, Mulan. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Heidi E.Y. Stemple writes stories and poetry for children and adults. She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, where she shares an office with her mother Jane Yolen.

R. David Stephens
R. David Stephens is a writer, actor and voice artist. My Animal Friends is his first children's book.

Tiffany Stone
Tiffany Stone is a children's poet and vegetarian who loves all animals, even the really baad ones. Her first book, Floyd the Flamingo and his flock of friends, also published by Tradewind Books, received critical acclaim: "Good books of humorous poetry for young children are rare, but Floyd the Flamingo by Tiffany Stone can be counted among this exclusive company ...Stone has a delightful sense of the ridiculous..."(Winnipeg Free Press).


Joan Betty Stuchner
A storyteller, library assistant and teacher, Joan Betty Stuchner now has five books in print. She lives in Vancouver with her family.
Intereview with Joan Stuchner - Barbara Bietz
Joan Stuchner author article
Book Bites for Kids - Joan Stuchner is Today' Guest - Oct 07,2008
Visit Joan Stuchner's blog.

Irene N. Watts

Irene N. Watts was born in Berlin, emigrated to Britain on a Kindertransport in 1938, and moved to Canada thirty years later. She is the author of many books and plays for children and young people, among them Goodbye Marianne (Tundra Books).

Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children's author, playwright, and academic scholar. Twelve of her picturebooks have been accepted for publication. She is also an experienced teacher of writing, who has taught a range of students in Canada and the United States, including pre-school, special education, primary and intermediate, high school, and university teacher education. Kari-Lynn recently accepted a position at Brock University as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests are drama in education, children's literature, and multimodal forms of authorship. More information about Kari-Lynn (including a detailed CV) can be found on her website www.kariwinters.com.

Paul Yee

Author of The Jade Necklace and The Bone Collector's Son, Paul Yee is one of Canada's finest writers for children. He was raised in Vancouver and has worked in the archives at the Vancouver Museum. He is a past winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (1996) for Ghost Train. He now lives in Toronto.

Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen is the author of The Sea King as well as of over 200 books for children, young adults, and adults, and has been called “America's Hans Christian Andersen.” Her books, including Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, have won many awards. She lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.