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Kirsti Anne Wakelin
illustrator

Kirsti is a Vancouver based illustrator, designer and fine artist. She is the illustrator of 3 picture books for children (A Pod of Orcas, When They Are Up, Pig in the Middle), 2 elementary school classroom readers (A Wild Eagle Needs a Beak, Joe’s Big Surprise) and a smattering of cover and interior art for YA novels (The Keeper and the Crows, The Countess and Me, A Place Not Home). Picture books number 4 and 5 (Looking for the Loons and Catching Time) are due to be published in 2007ish. When not illustrating books for children she works as a commercial illustrator and web and print designer. And when not doing that, she paints for fun, travels, takes tons of photographs, reads up obscure facts about the world outside her studio and spends too much time on her computer.

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BLOG EDITORS

Tanya Lloyd Kyi
author

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Adrienne Mason
author

Adrienne Mason is the author of more than 20 books for children. Recent titles include Skunks, The Drop of Doom, and Build It!: Stuctures, systems and you, all by Kids Can Press. She is the managing editor of KNOW: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids and is currently pursuing an MFA at UBC. Adrienne is available for readings, workshops and conferences.

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BLOG AUTHORS


Cynthia Nugent
author/illustrator

I was born in Toronto but have lived most of my life in Western Canada, apart from a couple of short stints in England. Now I live in Vancouver with my yorkie, Emma. Emma was the model for Arnie in Mister Got to Go and Arnie.

I started drawing seriously when I was 12 and have been a compulsive diarist from the age of six. I’ve had many odd jobs, including polishing teeth in a denture factory, waitressing, and being a school office assistant where my job consisted of collecting late notes, bandaging injured fingers, and gatekeeper at a Japanese garden. I’ve also taught a lot of art and writing classes at for continuing ed programs.

When I was 23, I started to show my paintings in a café. They sold for $45 each. Fortunately, I get a bit more for my paintings now. You can see my art online at www.nugentart.com. You can see the real thing at Vancouver Art Gallery rental and sales.

For fun I play the trumpet in a community band and also enjoy plunking away with the Vancouver Ukulele Circle.

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Jacqueline Pearce
author/speaker

Jacquie is the author of five novels for children and a collection of short stories for young adults. Themes in her work include local history, multicultural experiences, friendship and interpersonal conflicts, nature, and relationships between people and animals.

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James McCann
author/speaker

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Julie Burtinshaw
author/speaker

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kc dyer
author

kc dyer was born in Calgary, and after a peripatetic decade or two now lives with her children (and other animals) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, where she works as a freelance writer, speaker and conference coordinator for the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. The author of a number of books for young adults published in North America and the UK, kc has a secret fondness for inducing nausea in teens and can often be found sharing some of the greatest grotesque moments in history with large groups of high school students.

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Kristin Butcher
 author/speaker

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Lee Edward Fodi
author/illustrator/speaker

Lee lives in Vancouver and is a children’s author, illustrator, and speaker. On his blog, he writes about his latest tours and inspirational moments, and gives sneak peaks into his latest projects. He is a self-described nerd, and a fan of Star Wars, children’s literature, and things that are orange. Some of his biggest influences are L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill, C.S. Lewis, Richard Adams, and Steve Irwin.

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Sandra Diersch
 author/speaker

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Karen Autio
author/speaker

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