Naseem Hrab is the award-winning author of many stories for children, including Otis & Peanut, How to Party Like a Snail, Weekend Dad, which was a Governor General's Literary Award finalist, and The Sour Cherry Tree, which won a Governor General's Literary Award. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Turkish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and Catalan, and has been praised by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the CBC, NPR, Bank Street College and more. She worked as a librarian for a time and currently works in children's publishing. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.