Emil writes prose and plays for the young and the once-were-young. His first novel, Young Man with Camera, was published by Scholastic in Fall 2015 and has received numerous awards and honours. His board books, A Button Story and A Pebble Story, were listed among the Best Books for Kids & Teens 2015 by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Emil is a laureate of the 2014 K.M. Hunter Artist Award in Literature. His picture book Mittens to Share, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher, was published in 2016 and his latest book is a collaboration with Barbara Reid, I Love You More.