Kearie Daniel has worked as a journalist in Canada and the UK for six years. She has been writing since childhood and is currently working on her first novel.

Aubrey Davis is a Canadian author and storyteller. His award-winning Bagels from Benny, Bone Button Borscht and The Enormous Potato have brought fresh delight to countless young readers. A Hen for Izzy Pippik and Kishka for Koppel will be published in 2011.

 Jennifer Decorte left the world of corporate communications to pursue her love of food. Upon graduating from the Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute, she apprenticed in the kitchens of Canada’s Prime Minister and Governor General.

Elisabeth de Mariaffi is a freelance writer and poet who loves to cook with kids. Her work for adults has been published across Canada; her work with kids has mainly been seen in her daughter’s kindergarten classroom.

Anthony De Sa is author of Barnacle Love, a first book set in the Portuguese Community of Canada and short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Emma Donoghue is a novelist, playwright and literary historian. She is best known for her historical fiction, including Slammerkin and The Sealed Letter (longlisted for the Giller).