Joanne Levy is the award-win­ning author of a num­ber of books for young peo­ple, includ­ing Dou­ble Trou­ble, Fish Out of Water, The Book of Elsie, The Sun Will Come Out, Small Medi­um At Large and Sor­ry for Your Loss, which was nom­i­nat­ed for the Gov­er­nor General’s Lit­er­ary Award and won the Cana­di­an Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture Award. She lives in Clin­ton, Ontario.