Joshua Goudie is the author of two previous children's books: Jack and the Hurricane (2014) and Jack and the Magnificent Ugly Stick (2016). His writing has received national attention, being featured by CBC and Quill and Quire, and he has previously been shortlisted for the Cuffer Prize and the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award. In 2021, he was awarded the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Percy Janes First Novel Award. Joshua lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, and still calls a crooked lighthouse home (though his dog finally came back!).
