Vikki VanSickle is the author of a number of acclaimed novels for children including P.S. Tell No One, Words That Start With B, Summer Days, Starry Nights, and the 2018 Red Maple award-winning The Winnowing. She has also written the picture books If I Had a Gryphon, Teddy Bear of the Year, and Anonymouse. Vikki started her career as an independent bookseller and spent 12 years working in children’s publishing. A devoted member of the Canadian children’s book world, she curates and presents regular book segments for CTV Your Morning and balances her writing with her advocacy work in menstrual equity.