Renné Benoit is an award-winning artist who has illustrated many books for children, including Boy in Motion, Jason's Journey and Goodbye to Griffith Street, which won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2005. She grew up in Nepean, Ontario, and has always loved to draw and paint. She now lives in Southern Ontario with her husband and her two dogs, spending the days (and some evenings) in her home studio. When she's not sitting at her table with paintbrush in hand and a dog curled at her feet, she's gardening, hiking, reading, or working on her home.