Born in Quebec, Mathilde Cinq-Mars is a graduate of the Université de Strasbourg in visual arts. Recent illustration projects include Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me, and the Acadian song collection Grande Tintamarre! Her illustrations have also been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of the Youth Solidarity Project, at the Seigneurie d’Anhaive in Belgium, and at the Cabinet Amateur in France. She lives and works in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, with her daughter and a lot dried flowers.