In a recent blog post, I wrote about how sometimes what you have in mind for your life, is not always the same as what life has in mind for you. It seems that this is a common thread among children’s authors. We don’t often set out to become children’s authors, but somehow, something in our lives, inspires us to walk down a different path. There is something that leads us to become children’s authors and so often, it is something we have found in nature that we wish to share  with others.   Recently, I had the pleasure to make acquaintance with wildlife photographer, Lieve Snellings. Her story, like mine, is about how nature inspired her to become a children’s author. I would like to share her story with you. Before going to Quebec I couldn’t even recognize a sparrow By Lieve Snellings It was in 2008 that I flew to Quebec for the first time. At that moment I even wasn’t able to recognize a sparrow. Now, seven years later, I have published two books with Margot the groundhog as main character, in the series ‘Fauna in Quebec. Surprising images about life in nature.’ Isn’t it amazing what love can do? My partner, a nature photographer, lit the wick of passion for nature photography inside me.Read More