Heather Hartt-Sussman was born in Montreal, graduated from Brandeis University and attended the Sorbonne. She has been a copywriter for BCP in Montreal, a reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, editor-in-chief of international news for TV Guide in French Canada, columnist of the popular Heather Hartt in Hollywood, and host of E! Entertainment Television's The Gossip Show. Heather Hartt-Sussman lives in Toronto with her husband, sons Scotty and Jack, and the family dog.
. . . In C�t�'s charmingly loose crayon-and-watercolor illustrations, Noni's anxiety shows in her pink-cheeked face as she thinks about everything that could go wrong. --The New York Times C�t�'s gentle watercolors capture Noni's emotional experience.... Softly lavender, monochrome illustrations depict Noni's previous reasons for being nervous, all made right in her mother's arms.... A charming, seemingly simple book that gets right to the heart of the matter. --Kirkus Reviews The text is clarity itself, while Cot�'s rough, splotchy watercolors elicit plenty of emotion from a minimum of strokes. For fearful first-timers, this strikes just the right note of reassurance. --Booklist