JonArno Lawson is an award-winning poet and writer who is the author of many books for children and adults, including Over the Shop, illustrated by Qin Leng and Footpath Flowers, illustrated by Sydney Smith. He has won the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Children's Poetry four times and has also won the Governor General's Award for Illustrated Children's Books. He is also the editor of Inside Out, an invaluable, illustrated anthology of children's poetry. He has taught children's poetry at Simmons College and lives in Canada with his family.
