Kelley Armstrong is the author of the Cainsville Modern Gothic series and the Age of Legends YA fantasy trilogy. Her past works include the Otherworld urban fantasy series, the Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising teen paranormal trilogies and the Nadia Stafford crime trilogy. She also co-writes the Blackwell Pages middle-grade fantasy trilogy as K. L. Armstrong with M. A. Marr. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her family.
Vicki Grant is the award-winning author of sixteen books for teens.
Her books have been translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For more information, visit www.vickigrant.com. Marthe Jocelyn grew up in Toronto and moved to New York City when she was twenty, returning to Canada thirty years later. She has published fifty-one books for young readers, including board books for babies, picture books, chapter books, non-fiction, craft books, middle grade and young adult novels.
Her illustrated books have been shortlisted for both the Governor General's Literary Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Marthe now lives in Stratford, Ontario with not enough bookshelves. Kathy Kacer has won many awards for her books about the holocaust for young readers, including Hiding Edith, The Secret of Gabi's Dresser, Clara's War and The Underground Reporters. A former psychologist, Kathy tours North America speaking to young people about the importance of remembering the Holocaust. 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. Teresa Toten is the author of the acclaimed Blondes series, as well as The Game, The Onlyhouse and The Taming (with Eric Walters). Teresa won the Governor General's Literary Award for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b, which also won the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the CBC Bookie Award, was the CLA Honour Book for 2013 and was nominated for the 2014 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.
Eric Walters is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of over 130 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.
Her books have been translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For more information, visit www.vickigrant.com. Marthe Jocelyn grew up in Toronto and moved to New York City when she was twenty, returning to Canada thirty years later. She has published fifty-one books for young readers, including board books for babies, picture books, chapter books, non-fiction, craft books, middle grade and young adult novels.
Her illustrated books have been shortlisted for both the Governor General's Literary Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Marthe now lives in Stratford, Ontario with not enough bookshelves. Kathy Kacer has won many awards for her books about the holocaust for young readers, including Hiding Edith, The Secret of Gabi's Dresser, Clara's War and The Underground Reporters. A former psychologist, Kathy tours North America speaking to young people about the importance of remembering the Holocaust. 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. Teresa Toten is the author of the acclaimed Blondes series, as well as The Game, The Onlyhouse and The Taming (with Eric Walters). Teresa won the Governor General's Literary Award for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b, which also won the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the CBC Bookie Award, was the CLA Honour Book for 2013 and was nominated for the 2014 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.
Eric Walters is a Member of the Order of Canada and the author of over 130 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.
