Spires, Ashley 1978-

Personal

Born 1978, in British Columbia, Canada. Education: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, B.F.A.; Sheridan College, graduate diploma (illustration).

Addresses

Home—Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Illustrator. Chicken Tika Creations, founder.

Awards, Honors

Red Cedar Book Award nomination, and Silver Birch Award nomination, both 2004, both for A Bloom of Friendship by Anne Renaud.

Illustrator

Anne Renaud, A Bloom of Friendship: The Story of the Canadian Tulip Festival, Lobster Press (Montréal, Quebec, Canada), 2004.

Peter Kuitenbrouwer, Our Song: The Story of "O Canada": The Canadian National Anthem, Lobster Press (Montréal, Quebec, Canada), 2004.

Filomena Gomes, My Mom Loves Me More than Sushi, Second Story Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2006.

Eleri Glass, The Red Shoes, Simply Read Books (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 2008.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Canadian Review of Materials, September 1, 2006, Gregory Bryan, review of My Mom Loves Me More than Sushi.

Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2006, review of My Mom Loves Me More than Sushi, p. 1014.

Resource Links, October, 2004, Victoria Pennell, review of Our Song: The Story of "O Canada": The Canadian National Anthem, p. 24; February, 2005, Victoria Pennell, review of A Bloom of Friendship: The Story of the Canadian Tulip Festival, p. 27; December, 2006, Linda Berezowski, review of My Mom Loves Me More than Sushi, p. 3.

ONLINE

Ashley Spires Home Page,http://www.ashleyspires.com (October 17, 2007).

Second Story Press Web site,http://www.secondstorypress.on.ca/ (October 17, 2007).