Erin Silver is an award-winning children’s author and freelance writer/editor. Bbooks for children include Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (Ontario Library Association Best Pick, Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor, Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist), Good Food, Bad Waste: Let’s Eat for the Planet (nominated for a Red Cedar Award, 2024 Green Earth Book Award, 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist, and the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Awards), Mighty Scared: The Amazing Ways Animals Defend Themselves, In It To Win It: Sports and the Climate Crisis and All Consuming: Shop Smarter for the Planet. Several additional nonfiction titles about plants, animals, video games, the Holocaust and climate change are forthcoming. Erin frequently speak at schools, libraries and in the media She also freelance writes for various magazines, newspapers and clients.
