Pat Lamondin Skene retired from the world of banking to find her voice. She is a Métis author of several books for children, including the picture book Lights along the River and the Orca Echoes titles One Beaded Earring, What a Hippopota-Mess!, Rhyme Stones and Monster Lunch. Much of Pat's inspiration comes from her many travels, and memories of her childhood growing up in a Métis community on the Magnetawan River. Pat keeps her imagination fed and watered in Oakville, Ontario.