Glen Huser is the 2003 Governor General’s Award winner for his young adult novel, Stitches, and he was nominated again in the same category for his most recent novel, Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen. Huser is a former librarian and the founder of Magpie, a quarterly magazine that showcases student writing and graphics. His adult novel, Grace Lake, was a finalist for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, as well as the Writers Guild of Alberta Novel of the Year Award. His first novel for children, Touch of the Clown (1999), was short-listed for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award. Huser lives in both Edmonton and Vancouver.

Tamara is a teen who doesn’t like school or her foster family. Jean Barclay is a 90-year-old spitfire living in a retirement home. Tamara dreams of the fortune and fame associated with being a top fashion model – that is after she attends an expensive modeling camp in Vancouver. Jean dreams of making one last trip to Seattle to see her favourite operas. Their paths collide when Tamara’s school organizes a Senior’s project and Tamara is paired with the feisty Jean. How much trouble can a 15 year old and a 90 year old get into? Just you wait and see.