My Friend Merlin

Joanne Lécuyer is a Canadian independent author who loves writing positive fantasy chapter books for kids.
Joanne has always loved books, especially how the stories and images can create a whole new world. As a teenager, she enjoyed drawing her favourite images from fantasy books and posters. She now feels she’s having even more fun telling the stories!As author and owner of Topsy Books, Joanne gets to invent characters and places and works with different illustrators to help bring her stories to life.

Her vision for her “Topsy Books” is to stir the imagination and creativity of kids, and the young at heart, by writing stories that touch upon important life experiences in a way that is positive, imaginative and most of all fun.

Joanne Lécuyer is lives in a small rural community near Ottawa, Ontario with her husband Rick, their cat Black Magic and dog Kato.