Sheree Fitch's first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian childrenÕs literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy As It Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada.

Visit her at: shereefitch.com

LAURA WATSON vit à Toronto, en Ontario, dans une petite maison centenaire avec son mari, sa flle ainsi que Red, son molosse au pelage rouge feu. Elle a passé son enfance à dessiner, à peindre et à bricoler, ce qui l’a amenée à étudier les beaux-arts et l’illustration. Depuis, on retrouve les illustrations ludiques et amusantes de Laura dans des livres et des magazines pour enfants, des applications de boutiques et de restaurants, ainsi que sur des jouets et des casse-têtes pour enfants.

LAURA WATSON grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, and spent her childhood drawing, painting and making crafts. Now she creates lighthearted and whimsical illustrations for children’s books, magazines, toys, puzzles and more. She enjoys the outdoors, runs often and spends as much time as possible at the beach hunting for sea glass. Laura lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and daughter and a big orange dog named Red.