Susan Vande Griek started writing for children after she had four of her own. One of her books, Loon, was named a USBBY Outstanding International Book and won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, and the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Others include Go Home Bay, An Owl at Sea and Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel.
She has also written poems for Cricket magazine. With degrees in English Literature and Education, she has worked in several schools and libraries. Once a resident of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Susan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Emma FitzGerald was born in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa, to Irish parents, did most of her growing up in Vancouver, and calls Halifax home.
She wrote and illustrated Hand Drawn Halifax and Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia's South Shore, and is currently working on Hand Drawn Vancouver. When she isn't sketching, she enjoys dancing and getting lost in new places.
She has also written poems for Cricket magazine. With degrees in English Literature and Education, she has worked in several schools and libraries. Once a resident of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Susan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Emma FitzGerald was born in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa, to Irish parents, did most of her growing up in Vancouver, and calls Halifax home.
She wrote and illustrated Hand Drawn Halifax and Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia's South Shore, and is currently working on Hand Drawn Vancouver. When she isn't sketching, she enjoys dancing and getting lost in new places.