JOHN MIGHTON is a mathematician, author, and playwright. He completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Toronto and is currently a fellow of the Fields Institute for Mathematical Research and an adjunct professor of mathematics at U of T. The founder of JUMP Math, Mighton also gives lectures to student teachers at York University and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and invited talks and training sessions for parents and educators. He is the author of the JUMP at Home workbooks and The End of Ignorance (forthcoming) and has won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Siminovitch Prize for his plays.