Cristina Sitja Rubio was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and studied fine art in Montreal, Quebec, specializing in printmaking. In 2007, she decided to become an illustrator, and has since created a number of successful picture books, such as Strange Creatures and Amis Retrouvés (Éditions Les Fourmis Rouges). Cristina lives and works between Berlin, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain.
Carolyn Fisher
Carolyn Fisher is the award-winning illustrator of seven books for children, including Summer Feet, a CBC and Globe and Mail Best Picture Book of 2020. She’s written and illustrated several science books for young readers, including The Snow Show and Cells: An Owner’s Handbook, which was nominated for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and the Silver Birch Express Award. Carolyn lives in Calgary, Alberta.
Jordan Morris
Jordan Morris is a children’s book author. Bally the Amazing Wonderball is her author-illustrator debut. Jordan has worked in a variety of art- and design-related roles, including at The Rabbit hOle, an immersive museum dedicated to children’s literature. She credits her book ideas to her own childhood journals and the casually brilliant musings of her two young daughters. Jordan lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, two children, cat and a dog named Dolly.
Marc González Rossell
Marc González Rossell is an author, graphic designer and freelance illustrator. Octavio and His Glasses is his first children’s book.
Janie Hao
Janie Hao is a fun-loving, media-playing, idea-generating illustrator currently based just outside of Toronto, though she has lived all over Canada. When she is not drawing, Janie enjoys devising stories and puns to amuse (or dismay) her loved ones. She holds a degree in illustration from Sheridan College and was among the winners of both the AI-AP International Motion Art Awards 8 and the Applied Arts Student Awards 2020.