KALLIE GEORGE is an author, editor and creative writing teacher living on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. Her acclaimed works for children include The Secret Fawn, also illustrated by Elly MacKay; Duck, Duck, Dinosaur and The Doll Hospital, as well as the Heartwood Hotel series and the Crimson Twill series. Kallie has also written picture books inspired by L.M. Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables (Merry Christmas, Anne; If I Couldn’t Be Anne; and Goodnight, Anne), in addition to a chapter book series adaptation of the classic novel. As a child, Kallie loved to spend hours playing mermaid at the beach, in the forest or wherever her imagination took her.

ELLY MACKAY is an internationally recognized paper artist and award-winning children’s bookmaker. She is the author and illustrator of the picture books In the Clouds and Red Sky at Night, as well as Hidden Treasure, The Tallest Tree House and Waltz of the Snowflakes, among others. Elly’s art also graces the pages of The Secret Fawn, her first book with Kallie George, and the covers of Tundra’s reissues of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series and Emily of New Moon series. She lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, with her husband and two children. In the summertime, Elly can be found searching for mermaids in nearby Georgian Bay.