MARIAN ENGEL was born in Toronto in 1933. The acclaimed author of Bear, she is also the author of No Clouds of Glory, The Honeyman Festival, The Glassy Sea, and Lunatic Villas. Engel was a founding member of the Writers’ Union of Canada and served as its first chair. She won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Bear and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Marian Engel died in 1985.CAROLINE ADDERSON is an author of books for young readers and adults. Her picture books include Norman, Speak! (illustrated by Qin Leng) and the Pierre & Paul series (illustrated by Alice Carter). Early chapter books include the Jasper John Dooley and Izzy series, as well as Babble! And How Punctuation Saved It (illustrated by Roman Muradov). Caroline has won the Sheila Egoff Award, the Chocolate Lily Book Award and the Diamond Willow Award, among many other honors. She lives in Vancouver, B.C.