Susan Hughes is a Canadian author of many traditionally published children's books from picture books to YA, fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent books are the hi-lo MG “junior rom com” Miss Match (Orca, 2025) and picture books Hooray For Trucks (Owlkids Books, 2022) and Same Here: The Differences We Share (Owlkids, 2022). Susan is also a freelance writer, editor, and story coach, specializing in working with children's book writers. A member of SCBWI, Canscaip, and In

Robin Currie spent her library career in the children’s department, where she could Baa, Moo, and Honk without getting shushed. Her writing engages children not only in noisemaking but jumping, waving, and face making. So do her sermons. Despite her incessant need to wiggle, Robin earned a Master’s Degree in Library Science and worked in public libraries before answering the call to seminary. She holds a Master’s of Divinity and Doctorate of Preaching, and remains active in

Lynn Street is the author of The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest (Peachtree, 2025), a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She is a science-inspired author sharing lively STEAM stories with young readers. Her writing celebrates nature and invites readers to slow down and explore, to become budding naturalists and citizen scientists. Lynn volunteers for nature organizations and is dedicated to environmental education and integrating art, science, writing, and nature for