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Author Bio: Diane L.M. Cook is Calgary’s newest children’s picture book author. A native Calgarian, Cook wrote Kirby’s Ocean Friend, a touching story about a young ocean liner named Kirby who, after the death of his mother, is helped by his ocean friend Pearl on his ‘journey of grief’. When Cook lost her mother to cancer she had great difficulty finding grief therapy books that dealt with the loss of a parent. This gave Cook the inspiration to write a children’s picture book as a grief therapy tool for young children that have lost a parent.

To contact the author, Diane L.M. Cook, please send an email to diane@kirbysoceanfriend.com.

Illustrator Bio: A native of Alberta, Cathy J. Checora currently attends the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary to pursue her lifelong interest in the arts. Checora’s first undertaking as a children’s picture book illustrator is Kirby’s Ocean Friend. Checora also lost her mother to cancer and she hopes that her illustrations in Kirby’s Ocean Friend will provide comfort to young children that have lost a parent.

To contact the illustrator, Cathy J. Checora, please send an email to cathy@seechecora.com.

Illustrator Cathy Checora & Author Diane Cook
Diane Cook and Cathy Checora