Caroline Woodward is the author of five books for adults and two books for children, including her first picture book, illustrated by Julie Morstad, Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read Books: 2010) which was nominated for five different awards by Canadian librarians, booksellers and storytellers. Her grandmother was a milliner's (ladies hats) apprentice in Wales when she was a young woman. Caroline lives and writes on Lennard Island, B.C. where she works as a relief lighthouse keeper for the Canadian Coast Guard.