Alice Walsh writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She studied early childhood education, has an MA in English, and has worked as a preschool teacher and creative writing instructor. Her juvenile novel, Pomiuk: Prince of the North (Beach Holme), won the Ann Connor Brimer Award. Her picture book A Change of Heart (Nimbus) was shortlisted for the 2017 — 18 Hackmatack Award for Non-fiction. Her most recent novel is Last Lullaby, also published by Vagrant Press. Alice grew up in Newfoundland and currently lives in Nova Scotia.