When she is not drawing at her home studio, she works at the public library where she can surround herself with more books. Most of her work is inspired by little everyday moments and personal multicultural experiences. Her work has appeared in the picture books Snow Songand The Rainbow Garden Is My Friend, as well as in stationery, greeting cards, public art installations, murals and more! Dawn aims to create works that are high-spirited and whimsical while retaining a certain degree of simplicity and humor. īorn in Hong Kong, Dawn Lo is an illustrator currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded lands of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Take the StairsKaren Krossing, The Trumpets of Jericho: A Romantic Novel About. Karen regularly conducts writing workshops and book talks at Canadian schools.įor a detailed interview with Karen, go to. Take Your Dharma SeriouslyAnand Mohan, Castles and Forts (Local History. She led workshops at the 2003 Canadian Children's Book Camp in Toronto and was on tour with TD Canadian Children's Book Week in 2005. Karen is a writing instructor at Centennial College and she teaches an after-school writing program for kids and teens through Pegasus Studios in Toronto. In Pure, her latest novel, she explores sticky ethical questions about genetic engineering that today's teens will have to face in their lifetimes. In Take The Stairs, which was nominated for the Ontario Library Association White Pine Award, she writes about turning adversity into opportunity through the troubled lives of inner-city teens. Karen uses writing to understand the world around her. After Karen had kids, she began writing fiction for children and teens. By then she was hooked on books, so she studied English at university then became a book editor and a technical writer.

I also take her to doctor appointments, cook for her sometimes and found a new. What could she do but read, too? Karen began to create stories when she was eight, and she continued this habit by writing poetry in high school. Publisher & Year of Publication: The Yo-Yo Prophet by Karen Krossing.

Karen Krossing grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, with a family who loved to read.

Take the Stairs by Karen Krossing