Carol Ruth Simon was born on the island of Grenada in the West Indies. She and her sister grew up on a diet of classical literature, including Shakespeare, Chaucer, Austen, and Wordsworth. Simon started reading when she was two years old and writing stories when she was five. Her first stories were about animals.

Simon earned her bachelor’s degree in English and then later taught English language arts and literature in the West Indies for several years. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, and poems inspired by her faith and nature. This Little Piggy is her first published work, and she is currently creating a sequel.

Simon lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband and son.