Roslyn Schwartz (born 29 September 1951) is a Canadian

children's author Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

and

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. Born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, she was raised in

Tunbridge Wells, Kent Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The ...

, England. Schwartz is the author of ''The Mole Sisters'' series, ''The Smoker's Addictionary'' (1985), ''Rose and Dorothy'' (1981), and ''Tales from Parc la Fontaine'' (2006). ''The Mole Sisters'' was made into a T.V. cartoon series. She also created two short animated films with the

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, ''I'm your Man'' and ''The Arkelope''. Schwartz credits much of her success to her younger brother Mark, creator of the traditional winter Poutinikkah festival in Quebec.

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Annick Press biography
1951 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Artists from Montreal Canadian children's writers Film directors from Montreal Writers from Montreal People from Royal Tunbridge Wells English people of Canadian descent Canadian women children's writers English children's writers English animators English women writers Canadian animated film directors British animated film directors Canadian women film directors British women film directors Canadian women animators British women children's writers Canadian expatriates in England {{animator-stub