Since his 1983 debut with Puddleman, one of Canada’s most perennially popular picture books, Ted Staunton has been entertaining readers of all ages with his funny and perceptive stories of childhood and family life.

His many other books include Simon’s Surprise, the Morgan stories for grades 2-4 readers, the Dreadful Truth series of humorous looks at Canadian history, the Junior novel Hope Springs a Leak, and its YA sequel, Sounding Off.

Hope Springs was short-listed for both the Ontario Silver Birch and Nova Scotia Hackmatack awards, and most of his books have been Canadian Children’s Book Centre "Our Choice" publications.

This year sees the publication of both Pucker up, Morgan and The Dreadful Truth: Gold Rush. Currently Ted is completing Acting Up, a YA novel that will complete the Hope Springs trilogy, and (he hopes) a novel for adults.

Trained as a teacher, Ted is also a speaker, performer, and workshop leader in venues across Canada. He has appeared before the International Reading Association, the Canadian Booksellers Association, Reading For the Love Of It, the Harbourfront International Children’s Festival, and on numerous Canada Council and National Children’s Book Festival Week tours. Ted has appeared on radio and television and in countless schools and libraries all over Canada.

Ted’s work in schools led him to develop the workshop series Creating Picture Books for students in the primary/junior grades and up. He has conducted the workshops many times and in 1999 he received an Ontario Arts Council grant for this work, which has also led to numerous presentations to teachers. As well, he teaches the Writing for Children course at George Brown College and Trent University.

When not writing, Ted likes to perform with the musical group BORN YESTERDAY. (He often brings his guitar and banjo to school presentations as well.) He also enjoys running, reading and listening to music.

Ted is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, CANSCAIP, The Canadian Children’s Book Centre and SOCAN. He and his family live in Port Hope, Ontario.