Cinders McLeod has worked in the British and Canadian newspaper, magazine and publishing industries for 20 years. She is a recipient of a National Newspaper Award and a Gold Society of Newspaper Design Award. She recently left the Globe and Mail, where she worked as an art director and illustrator, so she could focus on her own work. She has a record on Billy Bragg s label, continues to cartoon for the Globe and Mail, and is a mother of two.