Dennis Foon was born in Michigan and has lived in Canada since 1973. His works include The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing and Am I the Only One?.
Born in New York City, Phoebe Gilman moved to Canada in 1972. Her works include Something from Nothing, The Gypsy Princess, and the Jillian Jiggs series.
Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Ted Harrison is an internationally recognized author and illustrator of children's books. His work focuses on the land and the people of the Yukon.
1943-1989 Born in New York, Dayal Kaur Khalsa spent the last 20 years of her life in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Her works include I Want a Dog, The Snow Cat, and the BAABEE series.
Born in Pakistan, Rukhsana Khan moved to Canada at age three. Her works include The Roses in My Carpets, Bedtime Ba-a-a-lk, and Dahling, If You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile.
Gordon Korman was born in Montreal and is the author of many books, including Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?, The Chicken Doesn't Skate, and the Bruno & Boots series.
Born in New York, author/illustrator Maryann Kovalski now lives in Toronto. Her works include The Wheels on the Bus, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, and Frank and Zelda.
Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak lives in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut (NWT). His works include A Promise is a Promise, a collaboration with Robert Munsch, Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails, and Baseball Bats for Christmas.
Jean Little was born in Tawain of Canadian parents. She moved to Canada as a young child and went to school here first attending a special school because of her extremely weak eyes, and then later attending regular public schools. She eventually became a teacher and an author of children's books.
Her first book was about a ten-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy. She has also written books about a child with ADHD, the baby of a family, and a blind girl. She has a gift for writing from a child's perspective with honesty and humour. Her work shines with joy, pain, and compassion.
Janet Lunn's works include Amos's Sweater and The Root Cellar. Her novel, The Hollow Tree, won the 1998 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature.
Janet McNaughton was born and raised in Toronto and moved to Newfoundland to study folklore. She is the author of a number of books for children and teens.
Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, and now lives in Toronto. His works include Ghost Train, Struggle and Hope: The Story of Chinese Canadians, and The Curses of Third Uncle.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Ludmila Zeman has been a Canadian citizen since 1988. Her works include Gilgamesh the King, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, and The Revenge of Ishtar.