Christine Baldacchino is a former graphic artist and web designer with a background in early childhood education. She is the author of the Stonewall Honor recipient Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress (Groundwood Books, 2014) and Violet Shrink (Groundwood Books, 2020). She lives with her husband in Toronto, and loves blue raspberry-flavoured slushies, and ballet flats (though not for eating).