Bernice Morgan was born in pre-Confederation Newfoundland. She worked for many years in public relations, first with Memorial University of Newfoundland, and later with Newfoundland Teachers’ Association. Many of her short stories have been published in small magazines, anthologies and school textbooks. She is author of the acclaimed novel Random Passage, which was filmed as a four-part television series, and its award-winning sequel Waiting for Time. Her other work includes the collection of short stories, The Topography of Love, and the novel Cloud of Bone. Her novella The Dragon's Song, which was designed and illustrated by her daughter Jennifer Morgan, was published by Running the Goat in October 2015 as a limited-edition, letterpress-printed book. A slightly fictionalized remembrance of her childhood days in St. John's, Seasons Before the War was published in October of 2018, with illustrations by Brita Granstrom.

Born in Sweden and now resident in England, Brita Granström is an award-winning painter and children’s book illustrator. She studied in Stockholm, with a semester at the Glasgow School of Art. Granström has exhibited her artwork extensively, both on her own and in group shows. With her husband and illustration partner Mick Manning, she has illustrated dozens of children’s books, many of which have received, or been shortlisted for, prestigious awards; including the Nestle Award (Smarties Prize—Silver) and the English Association Award (five wins). Their work has twice been shortlisted for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest international award in children’s literature. One reviewer credits them with having revolutionized nonfiction literature for young children. The pair was commissioned to write and illustrate The Brontës: Children of the Moors, in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth, and Books! Books! Books!which introduces children to the treasures of the British Library. Others of their works have celebrated the lives and work of Shakespeare, Darwin, and the Beatles, and explored the wartime experiences of Manning’s father and mother, or the mysteries of Stonehenge.

"Bernice Morgan’s Seasons Before the War captures a St. John’s full of horse-drawn carts; wild, empty fields commandeered by neighbourhood children; independent aunts who wore lipstick and knew all the radio songs; go-carts; and glass alleys—a rich world of childhood treasures. Brita Granström’s bold and elegant illustrations and Bernice Morgan’s elegiac, vivid prose catapult us through time: we are there! Here is an older St. John’s, tangible and present. This is a gorgeous book." – Lisa Moore, author of Flannery, February, and Caught

"Bernice Morgan’s wonderfully evocative prose, delightful in its detail, and Brita Granström’s marvelous illustrations are an inspired combination, making Seasons Before the War a book sure to be reread and treasured." – Kevin Major, author of Hold Fast, The House of Wooden Santas, and No Man’s Land

"... a potential delight for the old at heart." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A gorgeous layout and design accompanies Morgan’s compelling words. Brita Granström’s artwork suits the tale, realistic yet whimsical, lively and lovely on the thick, textured pages." – Joan Sullivan, The Telegram