VIKKI VANSICKLE is the author of a number of acclaimed novels for children including The Lightning Circle ; Words That Start With B ; Summer Days, Starry Nights ; the award-winning The Winnowing ; and picture books How to Decorate a Christmas Tree; If I Had a Gryphon ; Teddy Bear of the Year ; Anonymouse; and Into the Goblin Market . Vikki started her career as an independent bookseller and worked in children's publishing for twelve years. In addition to writing, she curates and presents regular book segments for CTV's Your Morning . Currently, she lives and writes in Toronto. JENNICA LOUNSBURY began illustrating picture books after working in animation. She likes to get lost in the magic of reading a book, and she loves helping to create that magic using art. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her family, her garden and her very best cat Greta.