And the last two authors of the 12 Author Days of Christmas are … Linda Bailey and Susan Juby. I had to do these two together, because even though they write very different books, they have more in common, at least with me, than they might think. First of all, I met both of them […]

Authors 9 and 10 are actually author/illustrators, and they are exceptional. I’ve known Ashley Spires now for a few years and am constantly amazed and almost alarmed by her exceptional imagination and talent. This is the woman who is responsible for my favorite book ever featuring a cat, the marvellous “Binky the Space Cat” series. […]

Because I got started late I’m doing the third and fourth days of Christmas today, featuring Marsha Skrypuch and Valerie Sherrard. Not only have these two women written oodles of award-winning novels – in fact, if I have my numbers correct, they are practically neck-and-neck, with Marsha having published 21 and Valerie at 20 (tell […]

2nd Day of Christmas: I met Rachel Hartman when I moderated a panel she was on at the Vancouver International Writers’ Fest. I have to be honest, I’ve never read a lot of fantasy novels. But I had to read her new (and first) book, “Seraphina,” in order to sound, you know, like I knew […]