SHARON SIAMON writes adventure and humour books for children. Her first novels, the Fishing for Trouble series, were set in the wilderness of Northern Ontario, where her family built a log house on a remote island. In her new series, the Mustang Mountain adventures, Sharon returns to her first love, horses, and sets her books in the Alberta Rockies where thirteen-year-old riders explore wilderness trails on sure-footed mountain horses. In Gallop to the Sea, the first in the Saddle Island Series, she sets her story on the eastern shores beautiful Nova Scotia. There horses, boats,and adventure awaits her characters.

Internationally known for her children's books, Sharon Siamon has written more than twenty-five novels for eight to twelve-year-olds. Through the Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council programs, she has participated in school and library readings across Canada. In summer 2003, Sharon met with young readers at the Calgary Stampede. That fall she visited the Yukon and made many new friends.