Sidura Ludwig writes for both children and adults. Her debut picture book, Rising , illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, received a Sydney Taylor Honor; her short-story collection, You Are Not What We Expected , won a Vine Award and was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award; and her novel, Holding My Breath , was a finalist for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. She holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a master's degree in journalism from Carleton University, in Ottawa. Sidura Ludwig lives with her family in Thornhill, Ontario. Sophia Vincent Guy works as an editorial illustrator, surface designer, and graphic designer. She is also the illustrator of several picture books, including Rising by Sidura Ludwig; A Big Stink: A Tale of Ardor and Odor by Edward H. Kafka-Gelbrecht; and In Every Generation : A PJ Library Family Haggadah , which has been translated into several languages. She grew up in Canada; earned a master's degree in architecture from McGill University in Montreal; and now works from her garden studio in a small city outside Tel Aviv, Israel.