Rachna Gilmore is the Governor General’s Award winning author of over twenty best-selling children’s books with multiple honours and awards. Her books are sold internationally and have been translated into over a dozen languages. My Mother is Weird was her first book, originally published in 1988 by the Island’s Ragweed Press. Rachna is thrilled to see this book in print again with another Island press, and she readily admits to being as weird as ever. Rachna currently lives in Ottawa where she continues to plark – play, work and lark – at dreaming up stories. For more about Rachna, see her website: and her blog: rachnagilmore.blogspot.com