Alison Baird

Alison Baird is a Canadian writer and the author of The Hidden World, The Wolves of Woden, The Dragon's Egg, and White as the Waves. She was honored by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, is a Silver Birch Award regional winner, and she was a finalist for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award.

She also wrote the Willowmere Chronicles seres about Clair Norton, a revenant (a person who has been reincarnated). The series include The Witches of Willowmere, The Warding of Willowmere, and The Wyrd of Willowmere. She is also the author of The Dragon Throne series, including The Stone of the Stars, The Empire of the Stars, and The Archon of the Stars.

Baird attended the University of Toronto's Trinity College, where she earned an Bachelor of Arts Honours in English, as well as a Master of Arts.

She lives in Oakville, Ontario.