About the Author

Ellen Schwartz was born in Washington, DC, and now lives with her family in Burnaby, British Columbia. In addition to writing books, she has published dozens of magazine articles and adult short stories. Her stories for children have been published in children's magazines and teaching anthologies.

In addition to her work as an author, Ms. Schwartz and her husband run a communications consulting company. She works as a corporate writer, and teaches creative writing at Simon Fraser University and Douglas College. Before becoming a writer, Ms. Schwartz taught special education and the primary grades, and worked as an environmental educator.


Farida Zaman has illustrated many books, including several cookbooks.

Reviews

“Teens will find much encouragement in this guide to navigating the vegetarian lifestyle…A friendly, rational volume…”
–School Library Journal

“As more and more teenagers explore the possibility of becoming vegetarian, their curiosity about this choice is fueled by a need for information and reassurance. Schwartz provides both in this easygoing yet thorough overview…highly recommended…”
–VOYA

“What the book does best is supply young vegetarians with information and tools to make their lives easier; there are menus, Web sites and hints about dealing with family meals…”
–The Globe and Mail

“It’s an invaluable resource full of advice on how to eat properly, tips for navigation in a meat-eating world, food lore and history and even some good, basic recipes.”
–Books

“Ellen Schwartz has created a volume chock full of information for young people…an invaluable resource many individuals will appreciate.”
–Register-Pajaronian