Noreen Violetta is the Past Regional Advisor of the SCBWI Canada East Chapter. She teaches through the Institute of Children's Literature, runs a writer's retreat at her home, and has authored many a magazine article and story published both in Canada and in the U.S. Her “In Wolf Howl Hollow” (first published in Boy's Quest, 2001) has been picked up by three student testing agencies and is being read by kids all across the U.S. She writes middle grade and young adult novels as well.