Good-bye Marianne

Born in Berlin, Germany, Tundra author IRENE N.WATTS is a writer and playwright who has worked throughout Canada and Europe. She is a life member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, and her play “Lillie” based on her novel,Flower, was awarded first prize in UNESCO’s Biennial Playwriting Award. Watts’s three award-winning novels, Good-bye Marianne, Finding Sophie, and Remember Me, have all been published in the United Kingdom and translated into Italian. Irene N. Watts lives by the ocean in Vancouver, BC. She is currently working with Kathryn E. Shoemaker on turning Remember Me — the next book documenting the events of the Kindertransporte — into graphic novel form.

Tundra’s KATHRYN E. SHOEMAKER is the illustrator of over thirty books for children and the author of four books for teachers. She has been the recipient of many awards. She has worked as an art teacher, curriculum specialist, filmmaker, and as an exhibit/display/event designer. Her work ranges from books, filmstrips, and greeting cards, to posters, calendars, and illustrations and articles for magazines. Her paintings, prints, illustrations, and multimedia creations are in public and private collections around the world. She is currently working on her doctorate in Language and Literacy.