Natasha Deen loves stories: exciting ones, scary ones and, especially, funny ones! As a kid of two countries (Guyana and Canada), she feels extra lucky because she gets a double dose of stories. Natasha is the author of many books including the Lark Ba Detective series in the Orca Echoes line, Depth of Field in the Orca Soundings line and In the Key of Nira Ghani which won the Amy Mathers Book Award and was nominated for the Red Maple, MYRCA and R.
Ross Arnett Awards. Natasha lives in Edmonton.
Marcus Cutler is a freelance children's illustrator whose work has appeared in magazines, books, apps and more. He has worked with a variety of clients, including chickaDEE Magazine, OWL Magazine, Macmillan Publishers and Parks Canada, and he is the illustrator of the Lark Ba Detective series, The Owl and the Two Rabbits and The Walrus and the Caribou.
Marcus lives in Tecumseh, Ontario.
Tara Yelle is a retired public servant who has always loved to read aloud. She has been a volunteer CNIB Audiobook Narrator since the '80s. Her favorite books to narrate are children's books and young adult novels. She has recorded in several languages, including Indigenous languages, and will even sing if the author has included song lyrics! Tara lives in Toronto and when she's not recording at the CNIB, she knits finger puppets for young patients at St.
Joseph's Health Centre as part of the volunteer program there. Tara has recorded over 150 books volunteering for CNIB.