Sheila BaslawSheila Baslaw began writing children's stories after a career in social work. Intrigued by the stories her parents told about growing up in a shtetl, she based Shmuel on her father's life as a Jewish child in Russia in the early 1900. Sheila, now in her nineties, lives in Ottawa and enjoys walking with friends and belongs to study, writing, and poetry groups. Read More Read Less