Deborah Ellis is an internationally acclaimed Canadian author. Her first children's book, Looking for X, won the Canadian Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Since then, she has become a best-selling author in Australia and overseas, loved by children and adults for her Parvana books. She has also written non-fiction about refugees for adults and children. All of her work reflects her strong social conscience and storytelling skills. She has donated more than a two million dollars in royalties donated to organisations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF, and Street Kids International. In 2017 Parvana was adapted into an award-winning animated film called The Breadwinner. In 2006, Deb was named to the Order of Ontario and in 2016 she was named to the Order of Canada.