Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. Her books include Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (OLA Best Bets, Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist), All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet (Hackmatack Award nominee), In It to Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis (Green Earth Book Award winner) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist).
She is also the author of two nonfiction picture books for younger readers, Mighty Scared and Plant Attack! (Silver Birch Express Honor Book). Erin is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto. Samantha Dixon is an illustrator who loves continuously learning about the natural world and creating work that sparks curiosity in others.
She has wanted to be an artist since she was little, having happy memories of visiting art galleries with her grandparents. She received a bachelor of illustration from Sheridan College, and the first book she illustrated, Running Wild: Awesome Animals in Motion, won a 2020 Eureka! Honor Award by the California Reading Association. When not creating art she likes to tend to her many house plants, do puzzles, and get lost in a good book.
She is also the author of two nonfiction picture books for younger readers, Mighty Scared and Plant Attack! (Silver Birch Express Honor Book). Erin is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto. Samantha Dixon is an illustrator who loves continuously learning about the natural world and creating work that sparks curiosity in others.
She has wanted to be an artist since she was little, having happy memories of visiting art galleries with her grandparents. She received a bachelor of illustration from Sheridan College, and the first book she illustrated, Running Wild: Awesome Animals in Motion, won a 2020 Eureka! Honor Award by the California Reading Association. When not creating art she likes to tend to her many house plants, do puzzles, and get lost in a good book.