About the Author

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Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Toronto-based award-winning children's writer with a background in broadcasting and theater. Mireille has published over thirty books, some in French, others in English, for children of all ages, including the nonfiction picture book No Horses in the House! Her picture book The Branch was nominated for Shining Willow and Blue Spruce Awards and the Governor General's Literary Award. Mireille lives in Toronto with five cats, two birds and over one hundred goldfish. Elena Comte is a Canadian illustrator who loves to create illustrations that communicate joy through color. She is inspired by the shapes that surround her in her daily life and likes to simplify to capture what's essential. Her work is influenced by naive art, collages and gouache paintings.