Erin Silver is a freelance writer and an award-winning children’s author of more than 30 books, many of which have been translated into other languages, including French, Spanish and Korean.

Her books for children include Proud to Play: Canadian LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Made History, Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Changemaker Award), 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 (Finalist, 2024 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, 2025 TD Summer Reading Club), Mighty Scared: The Amazing Ways Animals Defend Themselves (nominated for the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award, shortlisted for the 2025-26 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award), In It To Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis (Green Earth Book Award for Children’s Non-Fiction 2025, with recognition from leading library publications including School Library Journal and Booklist), All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet (Green Earth Book Award Honor, nominated for the Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, shortlisted for the 2025-26 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award) and Plant Attack!: The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself (Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award Nominee).

Many more nonfiction titles about athletes and pop stars, high tech, plants, animals, holidays, and climate change are also now available or coming soon. Erin is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. Her 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. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin is represented by Amy Tompkins at the Transatlantic Agency.