Dennis Lee has written more than twenty books of poetry for children and adults, including Alligator Pie, now a children’s classic, and Civil Elegies, which won the 1972 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. He was one of the founders of House of Anansi Press and, from 2001 to 2004, served as Toronto’s first poet laureate. He also wrote most of the song lyrics for the television show Fraggle Rock and contributed to two fantasy films by Jim Henson: The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. His most recent collections are SoCool, for younger teenagers, and yesno, for adults.