George A. Walker holds an MA in Communication and Culture from Ryerson and York University. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 2002 in recognition of his achievements in Canadian Book Arts. He is an Associate Professor at the OCAD U where he teaches book related arts in the Printmaking program. He is the graphic novel acquisitions editor for the Porcupine's Quill and has six titles in print with them. Since 2000 he has worked full time as designer and artist for Firefly Books Ltd. He has over 25 years of experience in publishing both with large commercial publishers andprivate presses. He is the author of the popular how-to book, The Woodcut Artists' Handbook (Firefly 2005) now in its second edition, and is recognized for his art history book on wordless novels, Graphic Witness (Firefly 2007) which has sold over 16,000 copies. Since 1984 his letterpress printed artists' books have been collected internationally by institutions such as the University of Toronto, Morgan Library and Museum N.Y., Columbia University, N.Y. and Princeton University N.J. and the Victoria and Albert museum in London England.