Helaine Becker

Helaine Becker has written over 40 books, including the best-selling A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Looney Bay All-Stars series, non-fiction including Magic Up Your Sleeve, Secret Agent Y.O.U., and Boredom Blasters, plus many picture books and young adult novels. She also writes for children’s magazines and for television. She has been nominated for the Silver Birch Award four times and is the winner of two. Helaine Becker holds U.S. and Canadian citizenship. She attended high school in New York and now lives in Toronto.