Originally from Newfoundland, Heather Smith now lives in Waterloo, Ontario. Her middle-grade novel Ebb and Flow was short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award, and her YA novel The Agony of Bun O’Keefe won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award.
Heather Smith
Author, Orca Book Publishers
Sessions with Heather Smith
2:30 PM – Heather Smith – Book Signing
Heather Smith, author of The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, will be signing in the Orca Book Publishers booth #410/412 on Thursday at 2:30 PM. This gorgeously illustrated picture book tells the story of a young Japanese boy who loses his dad in a tsunami. Inspired by the true story of the wind phone in Otsuchi, Japan, created by artist Itaru Sasaki. “A moving tale… offers comfort and peace to those left behind.” – Booklist starred review