Biography: Sylvia Olsen is the author of over fourteen books and has been nominated for and won numerous awards. She has spent most of her life living in the Tsartlip First Nation, where her children and grandchildren now live. She usually writes for children and young adults about the place between cultures where Canada's First Nations and settlers come together. She is also a storyteller who loves to work with young people to help them find their written and spoken voice. Sylvia lives in North Saanich near Victoria, British Columbia.