But Elvis, an eccentric criminal, is also looking for Leonora. When her next-door neighbour, Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite searches for her, uncovering Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. In the historical noir Velvet Was The Night, it's the 1970s in Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who loves reading the magazine Secret Romance. Velvet Was the Night is a novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Her illustration work has also been showcased in the Dark Horse Comics anthology The Secret Loves of Geek Girls. Susanna Moodie was her first full-length graphic novel. Selena Goulding is a Canadian illustrator and comic book artist from Vancouver Island, currently living in Toronto. Born in Poland, Zaremba emigrated to Canada in 1952 after a stint in the U.K.Īmande Deibert is a comic book and television writer based in Los Angeles. She was a founding member of the Broadside Collective, which produced a monthly feminist paper in Toronto from 1979 to 1989. The two women are drawn closer together through the twists and turns of the blackmailer's dangerous pursuit.Įve Zaremba is the author of six mystery novels featuring detective Helen Keremos, first introduced to readers in 1978. Work for a Million is a detective noir graphic novel set in the urban 1970s. Helen Keremos, a private detective, is hired by Sonia Deerfield, a rising pop star who has just won a million dollar lottery prize and is currently being blackmailed.

Work for a Millions is a comic by Amanda Deibert and Eve Zaremba, illustrated by Selena Goulding. Marshall was born in Guyana and grew up in Scarborough, Ont. The children's books she writes are full of her love and appreciation for that culture and food is a big part of it.ĭaria Lavrova is a children's book illustrator and painter based in Amsterdam. She is also the author of My Soca Birthday Party. Marshall is a writer of children's books. Marshall created a picture book about the tastes and sounds of Africa and the Caribbean The rhyming alphabet book highlights diversity, colourful costumes and Caribbean music as it showcases the magic of dance and the historical importance of emancipation. Marshall, Chalkboard Publishing)Ĭ is for Carnival is a celebration of Canada's Caribbean Carnival by Canadian children's author Yolanda T. Marshall (left) and illustrated by Daria Lavrova (not pictured). C is for Carnival is a picture book by Yolanda T.

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