Erin Silveris an award-winning children's author. Her books include Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (OLA Best Bets, Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist), All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet (Hackmatack Award nominee), In It to Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis (Green Earth Book Award winner) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist). She is also the author of two nonfiction picture books for younger readers, Mighty Scared and Plant Attack! . Erin was chosen to tour during Canadian Children's Book Week in 2023 and is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto.