Cinders McLeod also wrote Earn It! and is the creator of the book and comic strip Broomie Law . Her illustrations have appeared in the Guardian , the Express, the Observer, the Independent on Sunday , the Glasgow Herald , Scotland on Sunday , the Globe and Mail , CBC, Macleans, and the Ottawa Citizen . Her work has been recognized by the Society of Newspaper Design, National Magazine Awards, National Newspaper Awards, Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Thames Television, and The Guinness Book of Records. Cinders is also a singer-songwriter-doublebassist, with a CD (Beyond our Means) on Billy Bragg's Utility Label. She lives in Toronto, Canada.