Lye, Harriet Alida: - Harriet Alida Lye is the author of three books for grown-ups but this is her first for kids, and she's excited to be able to read her work to her children, Arlo and Lucy. Her favourite food is apples-she has only eaten a snail one time, and never, ever a slug. She has lived in Paris (where she met Rosa), Halifax, Amsterdam, and New York, and she now lives in Toronto, Canada.