- Author of YA thriller THE GIRLS FROM HUSH CABIN, Marie Hoy-Kenny‘s PLANTS ARE NOT BORING!, the author’s picture book debut, about a girl who wants a pet and gets stuck with a plant, only to discover this plant has more personality than she bargained for, illustrated by Mike Deas, to Sarah Howden at Orca Book Publishers, by Emmy Nordstrom Higdon at Westwood Creative Artists (world).