JOANNE SCHWARTZ grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, was a Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist. Her picture book Town Is by the Sea won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and was a Governor General’s Literary Award nominee and a Boston Globe–Horn Book honoree. Joanne has been a children’s librarian for more than thirty years, and she has spent many dreamy days looking at beautiful picture books. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
AFSANEH SANEI is an author and illustrator of children’s books who was born in Isfahan, a colorful city in Iran. Afsaneh obtained a Bachelor's of Painting at Tehran University and a Master's of Illustration at the Art University of Tehran. Growing up in a region with ancient and rich history, she has always aspired to apply her country's literary and pictorial heritage in her art. Afsaneh now lives and works in Kent, Ohio.
