Yannick Murphy's first children's book was Ahwoooooooo! She has received the Whiting Writers Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for her writing for adults. She lives with her family in Vermont and you can read more about her at www.yannickmurphy.com.
Kristen Balouch was a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and the winner of the the Erza Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for her first book, The Mystery Bottle. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York, and is on the web at www.kristenbalouch.com.