Carolyn McTighe is a freelance writer whose articles can be read in various magazines and newspapers across Canada and the US. As well as having worked for CBC Radio, she has also written for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Her first picture book "The Sakura Tree" was published this past year by Red Deer Press, and will be followed up this August by a middle grade novel called "How to Ruin Your Life and Other Lessons from the Fourth Grade." Carolyn currently resides in Kamloops, British Columbia with her husband and four small children.

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