Sidura LudwigSidura Ludwig is an internationally acclaimed Canadian author who has been a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, and a runner-up in the Little Bird Short Story Contest. She recently won the 2021 Vine Awardfor best Jewish fiction for her debut short story collection, You Are Not What We Expected (House of Anansi Press, 2020). She also authored Holding My Breath (Key Porter Books, Canada; Shaye Areheart Books, U.S.; Tindal Street Fiction, U.K., 2007). Her debut picture book, Rising, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, was published in 2024 by Candlewick. Sidura studied Creative Writing at York University in Toronto, and obtained a Master of Journalism from Carleton University. She is a 2021 graduate of the M.F.A. program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. More information is available at: siduraludwig.com Read More Read Less