Roslyn Schwartz | |
Birth Date: | 1951 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation: | Author |
Genre: | Children's literature |
Roslyn Schwartz (born 29 September 1951) is a Canadian children's author and animator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, she was raised in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.[1] Schwartz is the author of The Mole Sisters series,[2] 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 National Film Board of Canada, I'm your Man and The Arkelope.[3]
Schwartz credits much of her success to her younger brother Mark, creator of the traditional winter Poutinikkah festival in Quebec.