Katie Smith Milway

Katie Smith Milway has coordinated community development programs in Africa and Latin America for Food for the Hungry; consulted on village banking in Senegal with World Vision and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She has written books and articles on sustainable development and is currently a partner at nonprofit consultancy, The Bridgespan Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Katie’s first children’s book Cappuccina Goes to Town, won a readers’ choice award in her home province of British Columbia. One Hen is her second book for children.

Eugenie Fernandes

Eugenie Fernandes is one of Canada’s most established children’s author-illustrators. With more than 80 books to her credit, she has illustrated Everything Grows, working with RAFFI, and nature books for kids by David Suzuki. Her paintings for illustrations have been used by UNICEF to create cards and puzzles. Her recent books include A Difficult Day (author and illustrator); Cappuccina Goes to Town (illustrator); Sleepy Little Mouse (author) and Earth Magic (illustrator), which was short-listed for Canada’s Governor-General’s Literary Award for Illustration. Eugenie lives in Southern Ontario.