About Erin Arsenault Erin Arsenault lives in Halifax with her daughter, Sophie. They enjoy visiting their friend Gus the Tortoise together. Erin is the winner of the 2008 Word on the Street “Pitch the Publisher” event (children/YA fiction). This is her first book. Books by Erin Arsenault Gus the Tortoise Takes a Walk by (author) Erin Arsenault illustrated by Richard Rudnicki