As a child, Meghan Marentette - nicknamed "Meghan Mouse" - loved collecting odds and ends to build miniature worlds for her toys. Later, as a costume designer for film and television, she was assigned to make tiny costumes for stop-motion animation puppets. It was during this job that Meghan conceived of the miniature world of her first novel, The Stowaways, which is a finalist for the Ann Connor Brimer Award and the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. Meghan lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.