Jeanne Painchaud is the author of books for young people and of haiku as well as being an artist. The most recent of her books, illustrated by photos by Bruno Ricca, is ABC MTL (400 Coups, 2017), which was nominated for the 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Prize in 2018. She has been invited to present her work in France, in the U.S., and in Japan, and she lives and works in Montreal.