Deborah Hodge - Author

Deborah Hodge is the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children. They include picture books, Canadian history, wildlife, science and nature books.

Deborah is the the creator of the Who Lives Here? series. She specializes in writing for young children and loves the interplay between text and images. She also enjoys the challenge of using few words to explain big concepts.

Her books have been published in Canada, United States, Spain, Mexico and Indonesia and translated into French, Indonesian and Spanish.

Before becoming an author, Deborah was a primary school teacher, then a curriculum writer, editor and instructional designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education.

Today, she works as a full-time writer and as a speaker at conferences and schools. She says, “Although I'm not teaching any more, I still feel like I'm talking to my students whenever I write a book. I love the challenge of trying to create something that young readers will find interesting”.

Deborah lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and family.