<p><b>Briony Penn</b> is an award-winning writer of creative non-fiction books as well as a contributor to many anthologies and chapter books. She has been a feature writer and columnist for decades, with over five hundred articles on environmental issues and natural history in newspapers, magazines, government publications, online news sources and peer-reviewed journals. She has also written numerous environmental guides and educational handbooks for teachers in British Columbia. Her first book with RMB, <i>The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan</i>, was the winner of the 2015 BC Book Prize. Her work with Cecil Paul will continue with the publication of a comprehensive and collaborative biography, <i>Following the Good River: Stories from the Magic Canoe of Cecil Paul</i>, which will be published by RMB in the autumn of 2019. Briony lives on Salt Spring Island, BC.</p>