Yolanda T. Marshall is an award-winning, agented Caribbean-Canadian author of 20 diverse, inclusive and festive children’s picture books. She reads to over 25,000 students annually in Canada and New York. Yolanda appeared in numerous television interviews, magazines, news articles, major literary festivals and a CBC Kids television show episode. In 2023, she was honoured for her outstanding contribution to Canadian literature with the My People Award by the Blackhurst Cultural Centre. Yolanda was also named the Caribbean Media Loop Awards Author of the Year for 2022 and recognised as one of Canada’s 100 Accomplished Black Women.