Kauffman, Stephanie: - Stephanie Kauffman is a passionate writer, reader, traveller, and teacher. She's the author of The Girl with Nine Lives, which was shortlisted in the Braun Book Awards, and Suitcases, Schools, and Survival. She's taught and travelled for over twenty-five years, visiting forty-two countries and teaching in thirteen of them.

A resident of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Miss Kauffman stays busy with a variety of organizations, including the Prairie Players Theatre Company, Newcomers to Canada, and the Ft. La Reine Museum, to name just a few.

Readers can connect with Ms. Kauffman at www.stephaniekauffmanauthor.ca, @stephaniekauffmanauthor (Facebook), or stephanie.kauffman.104 (Instagram).