Eric Walters is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of over 125 books that have collectively won more than 100 awards including the Governor General's Literary Award for The King of Jam Sandwiches. A former teacher, Eric began writing as a way to get his fifth-grade students interested in reading and writing. Eric is a tireless presenter, speaking to over 100, 000 students per year in schools across the country.
He lives in Guelph, Ontario.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, John Wilson grew up on the Isle of Skye and outside Glasgow, without the slightest idea that he would ever write books. After obtaining a degree in geology from the University of St. Andrews, he worked in Zimbabwe and Alberta before taking up writing full time and moving to Vancouver Island in 1991. John is the author of numerous articles, essays, poems and reviews, and almost fifty novels and nonfiction books for kids, teens and adults.
He was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award (The Alchemist's Dream, 2007), and his books have won or been shortlisted for most Canadian children's-literature prizes. For more information, visit johnwilsonauthor.com.
Ted Staunton divides his time between writing and a busy schedule as a speaker, workshop leader, storyteller and musical performer for children and adults. Ted lives in Port Hope, Ontario.
Richard Scrimger is the award-winning author of more than twenty books for children and adults, and has written for television and print media. His fiction has been translated into a dozen languages. Richard teaches creative writing at Humber College in Toronto and travels around telling audiences that stories matter.
Norah McClintock won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction for young people five times.
She wrote more than sixty YA novels, including contributions to Seven (the series), the Seven Sequels and the Secrets series.
Sigmund Brouwer is the author of over 20 novels for adults and dozens of books for children. He visits over 150 schools per year to deliver his Rock and Roll Literacy presentation, reaching about 60, 000 students per year. Sigmund lives in Red Deer, Alberta. For more information, visit www.sigmundbrouwer.com.
Shane Peacock is an author, playwright, journalist and screenwriter, published in twenty languages in eighteen countries.
He is a seven-time winner of the Junior Library Guild of America Selection, twice winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, and has been short-listed for the Kirkus Book of the Year, the Governor-General's Award, three times for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book prize. His young adult novels include the acclaimed Boy Sherlock Holmes series, the Dylan Maples Adventures, and The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim trilogy.
He lives in Cobourg, ON with his wife, journalist Sophie Kneisel.
