TPL Teens

Meet Our Top Ten Authors! 

Suzanne Sutherland

Author of: Under the Dusty Moon

Suzanne lives in Toronto and writes for kids and teens. Her books include When We Were Good, Something Wiki, and Under The Dusty Moon. She is also a founding member of the Toronto Zine Library.

For recommendations, a Q&A and more this summer, watch her page here!

Ryan North

Author of: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Ryan lives in Toronto and writes the webcomic series Dinosaur Comics. He also wrote the first 34 volumes of Adventure Time, some choose-your-own path versions of Shakespeare plays, and now writes The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel comics.

For recommendations, a Q&A and more, keep checking his page this summer!

Erin Bow

Author of: The Scorpion Rules

Erin grew up in Iowa and Nebraska, but moved to Canada for love and lives in Kitchener, Ontario. She studied physics and even worked in Geneva, but left it to write poetry and YA novels Plain Kate, Sorrow’s Knot, and The Scorpion Rules. 

For more about Erin, visit her author page!

Tim Wynne-Jones 

Author of: The Emperor of Any Place

Tim started studying to be an architect, moved on to get a fine arts degree, designed books, and finally, began to write them. Now he’s written for children, adults, and young adults, and lives in Perth, Ontario. His teen books include Blink & Caution, The Uninvited, and The Emperor Of Any Place. 

For lists, a Q&A, and more from Tim, check his page over the summer here.

Rui Umezawa

Author of: Strange Light Afar

Rui is a Toronto writer and storyteller whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines, and he has authored the novel The Truth About Death And Dying as well as Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan. 

For recommendations, a Q&A and more, watch his page this summer!

Svetlana Chmakova

Author of: Awkward

Svetlana was born and raised in Russia and moved to Canada at 16, where her career as a creator has included the webcomic Chasing Rainbows and graphic novels Dramacon, Nightschool, and the adaptation of James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard.

 For more about Svetlana, check out her author page here!

Sydney Padua

Author of: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage

Canadian transplant Sydney now lives in London by way of a theatre degree in Alberta and an animation career kicked off with a degree from Sheridan College. She now works in computer animation as well as drawing the webcomic 2D Goggles, which has been compiled as The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage.

 For a Q&A and more this summer, watch her page here! 

Andy Stanleigh and Hope Nicholson

Editors of: Moonshot

Andy and AH! Comics previously published The Jewish Comix Anthology, and teamed up with Nelvana of The Northern Lights editor Hope to kickstart the indegenous comics collection Moonshot. 

For more from Andy, Hope, and Moonshot contributors, check out their page!

 Mariko Tamaki

Author of: Saving Montgomery Sole

Mariko is a Canadian writer whose works include (You) Set Me On Fire, and the graphic works Skim, This One Summer, and Emiko Superstar.  

 For recommendations, a Q&A and more, visit her author page! 

Courtney Summers

Author of: All The Rage

Courtney grew up in Belleville, Ontario and spent her teen years trying out acting, directing, photography, screenwriting, and music to tell her stories, before writing her first of five novels, which include Some Girls Are, Fall For Anything, This Is Not A Test, Cracked Up To Be, and All The Rage. 

For more about Courtney, check out her author page here!