Artists

Josée Bisaillon

As a young girl, Josée Bisaillon loved drawing cats and houses. She enjoyed school and always returned home full of stories to tell (and to draw!). She pursued her education […]

Eric Orchard

Eric Orchard is the illustrator of several books, including The Terrible, Horrible, Smelly Pirate. He won the Halifax Mayor’s Award for Book Illustration and his work has been included in […]

Ron Lightburn

Ron Lightburn’s Waiting for the Whales won the Governor Generals Award. Since then he has illustrated numerous other bestselling picture books and has become internationally renowned. He lives in the […]

Dayle Dodwell

Dayle Dodwell has worked as a commercial artist and illustrator for over thirty years. Her work has appeared on packaging, in advertisements, magazines, newspapers, ad educational books. My Goat Gertrude […]

Barb Martin
Carmen Mok

Carmen Mok has formal training in art and design at University of Waterloo and Sheridan College. Her works have been published in magazines across Canada and the U.S., as well […]

Kelly Ulrich
Patsy MacKinnon

Patsy MacKinnon is the illustrator of Heartsong and The Village of Wood Duck. A member of the prestigious Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Patsy lives in New Waterford, Nova […]

Joanna Close
Eugenie Fernandes