Stephanie Gibeault is an award-winning children’s author and freelance writer. As a former biologist and certified professional dog trainer, she loves writing about dogs and other animals. Her first picture book, Toby Tootles, was a 2023 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens, and her middle grade nonfiction books Making Sense of Dog Senses (2024) and Calculating Chimpanzees, Brainy Bees, and Other Animals with Mind-Blowing Mathematical Abilities (2024) were both Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections.
Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in ecology and evolution and a Master of Science in animal behavior. Her time in academia involved grunting with gorillas and stinking like marmoset monkeys. Years later, dog training meant being covered in fur and drool. Now she spends her days just outside of Toronto, Canada, convincing her clumsy cat Heton not to take over her keyboard.