Laura Bontje (she/her) is a Canadian children’s book author and a freelance fiction editor.
Her first book, Was It a Cat I Saw? (illustrated by Emma Lidia Squillari), came out in 2024. Her second, When the Air Sang (illustrated by Sarah Whang), will be released by Annick Press in April 2025. In 2026, Groundwood Books will publish Marian’s Marvelous Excavation (illustrated by Scot Ritchie), the story of a young geology enthusiast who’s certain she’s found a dinosaur fossil. Stay tuned for more to come!
Laura was raised in Calgary, Alberta, and now lives in London, Ontario.
Books in order of publication:
Was It a Cat I Saw? – 2024
When the Air Sang – 2025
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