Caroll Simpson is the author and illustrator of Coastal Spirit Tales, a series of children's picture books that celebrates and takes inspiration from the art, mythology, and environment of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Whale Child is the fifth book in the series that also includes The First Beaver, The First Mosquito, The Salmon Twins, and Brothers of the Wolf. Caroll is also an educator, who thought Native art and drama to elementary school children for over twenty years.
