Born in Lloydmister, Saskatchewan, Grant Leier studied at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary and the Illustrators Workshop in New York. As well as studying illustration, Leier is proficient as a painter and is known for his work with textiles. Leier has had numerous solo exhibitions in Canada and California with paintings, textiles and assemblages featured in important group exhibitions in public and private galleries. Leier lives near Ladysmith, British Columbia with painter Nixie Barton and their son Grayson. This is his first illustrated book.