Authors

Sara Jewell is a freelance writer, substitute teacher, licensed lay worship leader, and the author of two collections of essays for adults. A former city girl, she lives on seventy-two acres along the River Philip in northern Nova Scotia with her husband, her mother, several pets, and a flock of chickens. The birds and critters in this book often show up when she walks through the field and woods behind her house. For more, check out www.sarajewell.ca. Charlotte Manning is an illustrator from Northumberland in the UK. She's currently living and working in British Columbia, Canada. She loves being outdoors and drawing what she can see in nature. She works with mixed media and pochoir. Her debut book The Lost Horse was published in the UK in 2022. Find more of her art at www.charlottemanning.art

Jennifer Taylor works closely with the Edith Collier Trust Collection on a daily basis as Curator of Collections at the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. She has managed projects to photograph and catalogue Edith's collection and archive, as well as this publication. Jennifer has curated a number of exhibitions of Edith's work at Sarjeant on the Quay, regularly responds to research enquiries or viewing requests, and presents public talks about Edith and her legacy. In 2017 she led development of the Sarjeant Gallery's award-winning collection portal Explore the Collection, enabling online access to the Edith Collier Trust Collection.

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By day, Emily Joe is an art director. But at night, she becomes a children's book writer. When she was five, she decided her favourite animal was a leopard. And it still is, to this day. Just don't tell her two cats, who were the inspiration for this book.

Gilda Joffe, Julliard graduate, is an executive coach for women with a specialty in eliminating fears hindering development of business and creative potential. She has over 25 years of teaching and coaching experience, and is a certified Heart Math trainer for businesses and individuals.

Gilda Joffe, Julliard graduate, is an executive coach for women with a specialty in eliminating fears hindering development of business and creative potential. She has over 25 years of teaching and coaching experience, and is a certified HeartMath trainer for businesses and individuals.

Born in the UK where he trained as a Clinical Psychologist, Dr Sarb Johal's experience encompasses clinical practice, frontline services, policy development and Ministerial advice and strategic communications. Since 2009, he has helped the New Zealand and UK governments, as well as the World Health Organisation, develop psychosocial responses to some of the major crises of the last decade, including the H1N1 pandemic, the Canterbury earthquakes, the Kaikoura earthquake, the Christchurch mosque shootings and most recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Johal lives in Wellington, New Zealand, with his wife and young family.