Bill Richardson

A former radio/television presenter, Bill Richardson writes for children and adults. His books include BACHELOR BROTHERS' BED & BREAKFAST, WAITING FOR GERTRUDE, and LAST WEEK. Awards include the Leacock Medal for Humour, the Silver Birch Award, and a B.C. Book Award. In 2021, he and Bill Pechet collaborated on HARE B&B, which was included in The Globe & Mail's favourite 100 books of 2021 and was a Top Recommended Read in the 2022 TD Summer Reading Club. Bill Pechet is an artist and designer whose work explores the spaces between art, architecture, public space, and landscape. His previous collaboration with Bill Richardson -- HARE B&B was a finalist for the 2021 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and co-winner of two Next Generation Indie Book Awards. He also illustrated Barbara Nicol's The Lady from Kent.