Monique Polak is the author of more than 20 nov­els for chil­dren and young adults. A two-time win­ner of the Que­bec Writ­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion Prize for Chil­dren’s and Young Adult Lit­er­a­ture, Monique also teach­es Eng­lish and Human­i­ties at Mar­i­a­nop­o­lis Col­lege in Mon­tre­al and is a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to the Mon­tre­al Gazette.