The author, Gord Yakimow, is a retired teacher who lives (with his wife) in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, about 100 km east of Vancouver. [They spent 18 years in the Yukon Territory.] Together, they raised three children - a daughter and two sons. They have two grandchildren.
Gord has had many articles published in magazines and newspapers - mostly about travel or about wilderness experiences.
This is his first children's book.
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John Yakimow, Gord's son, is the Grods' Artistic Advisor. John does design artwork for everything from video games to board games to 3D printing, and now children's books.
It was John who first conceptualized the Grod characters.
He lives in Vancouver.
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The Grods' illustrator, Paul Schultz, is an artist/writer who, together with hisr wife, runs an independent art studio producing many wonderful, playful pieces of artwork.
A graduate of Sheridan Tech in Oakville, Paul has been illustrating books and comics for the past twenty years.
Their home is in Burlington, Ontario. They have one daughter.
