I’m an award-winning children’s author and freelance writer/editor with more than 20 years of experience. My books for children include Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (Ontario Library Association Best Pick, Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor, Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist), Good Food, Bad Waste: Let’s Eat for the Planet (nominated for a Red Cedar Award, 2024 Green Earth Book Award, 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist, and the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Awards), Mighty Scared: The Amazing Ways Animals Defend Themselves, In It To Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis, All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet, I Am Jewish and Plant Attack!: The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself. Several additional nonfiction titles are forthcoming. I frequently speak at schools, libraries and conferences. My journalism work has appeared in a range of major magazines and newspapers including Owl magazine, Good Housekeeping, The Globe and Mail and The Washington Post. Corporate clients include The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), Costco Connections magazine and TanenbaumCHAT’s Chatter magazine. I have an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree.