ANITA FITCH PAZNER is the author of the The Topsy-Turvy Bus, a picture book focused on sustainability, alternative energy sources and repairing the world. She earned an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, is an active volunteer for the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and a former journalist. She lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. SOPHIE CASSON illustrated The Prisoner and the Writer, written by Heather Camlot, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards Best Children’s Book. Her other books include The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock, a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and Helen’s Birds by Sara Cassidy. Sophie’s work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the New York Times and Nature, as well as in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Sophie lives in Montreal, Quebec.

“Words Matter is such an important book and couldn’t be more relevant right now. The spirit and bravery of Hans and Sophie Scholl is inspiring and their story is told here so deftly and with such compassion. A worthy and truly moving book.” — Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of The Emperor of Any Place

ANITA FITCH PAZNER is the author of the The Topsy-Turvy Bus, a picture book focused on sustainability, alternative energy sources and repairing the world. She earned an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, is an active volunteer for the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and a former journalist. She lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. SOPHIE CASSON illustrated The Prisoner and the Writer, written by Heather Camlot, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards Best Children’s Book. Her other books include The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock, a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and Helen’s Birds by Sara Cassidy. Sophie’s work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the New York Times and Nature, as well as in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Sophie lives in Montreal, Quebec.

“Words Matter is such an important book and couldn’t be more relevant right now. The spirit and bravery of Hans and Sophie Scholl is inspiring and their story is told here so deftly and with such compassion. A worthy and truly moving book.” — Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of The Emperor of Any Place