It Happened on Sweet Street

CAROLINE ADDERSON was born and raised in Alberta and now lives in Vancouver with her husband, son and Jack Russell terrier Mickey. She earned a Bachelor of Education with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and spent the next ten years working as an ESL teacher. She now teaches at Simon Fraser University and writes for both children and adults. Caroline’s books for kids are frequently featured on Canadian award lists, including the Tree Awards, the Chocolate Lily Awards and the CCBC and OLA Best Bets, and her titles include It Happened on Sweet Street, the Jasper John Dooley series, the Bruno series, A Simple Case of Angels, Norman, Speak!, Eat, Leo! Eat! and I Love You One to Ten. Caroline’s fiction for adults have been awarded numerous prizes, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes, the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize.

Stéphane Jorisch has illustrated numerous picture books, including the critically acclaimed Betty Bunny series, New Year at the Pier, Granddad’s Fishing Buddy, The Real Story of Stone Soup, and Jabberwocky, for which he won the prestigious Governor General’s Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Caldecott. Mr. Jorisch lives with his wife and three children in Montreal, Canada.