Elizabeth MacLeod is the author of more than 70 Canadian nonfiction titles, including the acclaimed Scholastic Canada Biography series, which highlights the lives of fascinating and influential people in Canada’s past and present. She’s won many awards for her work, including Children’s Choice awards across Canada, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book. Liz lives in Toronto, Ontario, and enjoys reading, swimming, theatre and gardening.