Marie-Louise Gay is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of children’s books. She has won two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Marie-Louise’s very popular Stella and Sam series has been translated into more than 15 languages and is loved by children all over the world. Her recent books include Mustafa and Fern and Horn.

Tiffanie Ing is the creator of Mostly YA Lit, a Canadian book blog that blends strong literary analysis with fangirling to create fun, honest and thoughtful content. A communications specialist in the public sector, Tiff holds an M.A. in English from Queen’s University, where she studied the history of Canadian children's publishing and language in young adult novels. While Mostly YA Lit has (mostly) moved to Twitter, Instagram and Goodreads, Tiff still loves to talk about and promote the board and children's books she reads with her toddler, and new and exciting YA and romance books.