Grant Lawrence is an award-winning writer, musician, broadcaster, and live event host. He is the author of four bestselling books for adults: Adventures in Solitude (2010), The Lonely End of the Rink (2013), Dirty Windshields (2017), and his most recent number one BC bestseller, Return to Solitude (2022). Baileythe Bat and the Tangled Moose, his first children’s picture book, was released in 2021. Grant is also the host of the CBC Music Top 20, the lead singer of the internationally acclaimed garage band The Smugglers, a Canadian Screen Award winner, and a former newspaper columnist. He is also a goalie for the Vancouver Flying Vees beer league hockey team. Grant Lawrence is married to musician Jill Barber and they live in Vancouver, BC, with their two children.

Ginger Ngo is a Canadian illustrator and graphic designer who loves working with thoughtful people and creative minds. She is a proud immigrant from the Pearl of the Orient Seas with lots of stories to tell. Born and raised in the Philippines, with Chinese roots and a third-culture childhood, Ginger grew up with Filipino music, English books, Mexican telenovelas, Japanese cartoons and Chinese banquets. In Canada, shelearned about winters, camping, public libraries, David Suzuki and Gore-Tex. Ginger illustrated the funny, adventure-packed picture book by Grant Lawrence, Adventures in Desolation Sound (2024). She lives in Vancouver, BC.

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Adventures in Desolation Sound