Emma FitzGerald is an author and illustrator. Her first book, Hand Drawn Halifax documents the city where she has spent the bulk of her adult life, while Hand Drawn Vancouver  explores the city she grew up in. Emma's children's book illustrations include EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street written by Sheree Fitch, recently translated into Sur La Rue de Tout-le-Monde by Marie Cadieux, A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop, which was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Award in 2020, and City Streets are for People written by Andrea Curtis. She makes her home in Lunenburg, NS.