MaryLou Driedger is the author of two novels Lost on the Prairie and Sixties Girl. Lost on the Prairie was nominated for both a Manitoba Book Award and a Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. Sixties Girl was named one of the top five books for middle-grade readers by Canadian Literature for the Classroom. MaryLou is a world traveller and freelance journalist with hundreds of pieces published in magazines, newspapers, anthologies, books, journals, institutional histories, curriculums, meditation guides and on travel websites. She has been a columnist for a regional Manitoba newspaper for four decades and is a former writer for the Winnipeg Free Press. MaryLou maintains a daily blog called What Next. You can learn more about her on her author
Ben Gartner is the award-winning author of adventure books for middle graders. His stories take readers for a thrilling ride, maybe even teaching them something on the journey. Ben can be found living and writing near the mountains with his wife and two boys. More info at BenGartner.com.
