Meet the author

Jordan Scott.

Writer · Canada · b. 1978

Jordan Scott: Canadian poet behind I Talk Like a River and My Baba's Garden (with Sydney Smith) — lyrical, autobiographical literary picture books for ages 4–8.

Jordan Scott is a Canadian poet and author born in 1978, best known to children's-book readers as the writer of I Talk Like a River (with Sydney Smith on illustrations), a quietly powerful autobiographical picture book about a boy with a stutter who finds peace at the river with his father. The book has won multiple major awards and become a fixture of inclusive-shelf curation. Scott also wrote My Baba's Garden with Smith. His voice is lyrical, observational and emotionally precise. A core contemporary literary-picture-book author for ages 4–8.