Marthe Jocelyn is the award-winning author and illustrator of nearly fifty books for children of all ages. Her picture book Sam Sorts was honoured by the United States Board on Books for Youth as an Outstanding International Book, and another picture book, Hannah’s Collections, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration. Her novel Mable Riley won the inaugural TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Marthe is also the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work.