Naseem Hrab

Naseem Hrab is the author of several picture books including the Ira Crumb series, How to Party Like a Snail and Weekend Dad, a 2020 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalist. Naseem also wrote The Sour Cherry Tree, which won the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People's Literature—Illustrated Books. Her work has been praised by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Bank Street College and more.

Funny Pages thanks the Canada Council for the Arts and The Writer’s Union of Canada for providing a grant for Naseem’s presentation.