Sharon Jennings is the award-winning author of over 70 books for young people, including The Bye-Bye Pie, winner of the Blue Spruce Award (Durham), and Home Free, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award and theTD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Sharon teaches writing, works as a freelance editor and manuscript reviewer, and gives workshops and speeches across the country. She is also the president of CANSCAIP. She lives in Toronto.