ERIC WALTERS has published over 130 novels and picture books for young readers. Among many awards, he won the Governor General’s Award for The King of Jam Sandwiches and the Children’s Africana Book Award for The Matatu, illustrated by Eva Campbell. He is co-founder of Creation of Hope, which supports orphans and disadvantaged children in Kenya, and creator of National Run Day for the Terry Fox Foundation and I Read Canadian Day. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Eric lives in Guelph, Ontario.