The Author
I was born and raised in Toronto but love to spend time up north in the lakelands. I am grateful to my parents, Jim and Mary, for engendering a love of animals in me from an early age. We always had a boxer dog at home and I learned the names and many of the characteristics of wild creatures from my folks.
Part of this story came from watching all the wildlife that secretly live amongst us. I remember seeing groundhogs and rabbits living happily in city lots that were not developed. I would always feel a pinch in my heart when I would later see a new building there knowing that the animals were displaced. I am for wildlife corridors and large untamed city parks and ravines, places where plants and animals and people can flourish.
I am a teacher and also an artist. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts and also a Bachelor of Education. The nice thing about creating a book for children is that it gives me the opprtunity to put two of the things that I love together.
