Get Out and Vote!: How You Can Shape the Future

Elizabeth MacLeod has written more than 80 books, including biographies, picture books, cookbooks and other nonfiction titles. Dinosaurs, royal murder, forensic science, horses that changed history—she’s written about them all. Liz is a Member of the Order of Canada and has won the Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book. She has also won children’s choice awards across the country, including the Hackmatack, Red Cedar, Red Maple and Silver Birch. Liz's most recent books include How to Become an Accidental Activist and Get Out and Vote!. She lives in Toronto.

Emily Chu is a Chinese illustrator and visual artist residing in Amiskwaciwâskahikan/Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton). Her illustrations have received awards from 3x3, American Illustration and Applied Arts, among others. Outside of commercial illustration, Emily is passionate about engaging in community-centered art initiatives, whether it be celebrating heritage through visual storytelling, uplifting businesses in Chinatown or helping to organize art markets to support the local arts community. Emily also currently serves on the Edmonton Arts Council Equity Committee.