Emilie Leduc received her college diploma in animation from the Cégep du Vieux Montréal in 2005 and worked as a computer graphics designer and animation artist on several television series. She later completed a bachelor’s degree in graphic design at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) in 2010, where she received the Michèle Lemieux Award for Illustration. Among her many publications, her picture book La ronde des mois was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration in 2012. Emilie lives in Montreal, where she continues to create, write and illustrate books for children and youth.