Author and illustrator ASHLEY SPIRES grew up in Tsawwassen, B.C., and after stints living in Toronto and Saskatoon, she now lives in Ladner, having made an educated decision to never move from B.C. again. She is the creator of the Binky The Space Cat series of junior graphic novels, soon to be an animated television series, and the bestselling The Most Magnificent Thing, now an animated short film. When not drawing, she is often jogging with her dog Gordon or cuddling her growing brood of cats.
