Author Biography

Nancy Hartry is the author of the successful picture book Jocelyn and the Ballerina and the YA novel Smokescreen. Her novel Watching Jimmy won the Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award. Nancy lives in Toronto.

Gabrielle Grimard has been drawing since she was young. Her passion for drawing and painting led her to pursue studies in the arts and to a career as an award-winning illustrator. She has illustrated dozens of picture books, including Stolen Words, The Magic Boat, and Lila and the Crow. She lives in Quebec with her two children, several chickens, and her husband, who builds wooden boats. They share an old barn as their artists' studio.