Pat Lamondin Skene retired from the world of banking to find her voice. She is a M�tis author of seven books for children, including What a Hippopota-Mess, Rhyme Stones and Monster Lunch. Her forthcoming memoir, Swiftly Flowing Waters, shares more stories of her childhood growing up on the Magnetawan River. Pat keeps her imagination fed and watered in Oakville, Ontario. Sabrina Gendron has a degree in visual arts from C�gep de Ste-Foy and in 2D/3D animation from Coll�ge Bart. She loves to work on animation and visual arts projects and has illustrated a number of French-language books. Sabrina lives in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.