Toronto Author Kathleen Gauer has published the illustrated children's books, High in the Sky, For No Reason, and her most recent release, The Wish Carvers. Her books have been acquired by libraries across Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and have received the Readers Favorite 5-Stars Award.
She has also published poetry, magazine and newspaper articles.
Kathleen worked as a contributing associate editor for Spires Magazine (a community focus publication serving Etobicoke) for fifteen years and as an arts columnist for the Etobicoke Guardian newspaper. She recently retired as a Special Education Teacher’s Assistant with the Toronto District School Board. When not writing or reading, Kathleen enjoys hanging out with her family and friends, yoga, knitting, world travel, and singing with The Harmony Singers, a local Toronto choir. She also volunteers with the IBBY Canada Reading and Refugee program in Toronto and does author visits and story time programs in local schools and libraries.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Sari Richter grew up in Ancaster, Ontario, and moved to Toronto where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design University and a Masters Certification from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute.
She works in a vast array of traditional and non-traditional drawing and painting media and looks forward to challenging commissions. Sari is also a published children's book author (I'll Know It When I See It!), illustrator, storyboard artist and muralist. She has worked in the field of children’s mental health as an art therapist and loves challenging drawing and painting commissions.
