Iona Whishaw grew up in Mexico, attended school in the United States and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She been employed as a social worker and a youth worker, and ran a group home until the age of 40, when she took her Masters degree in writing. Iona now teaches Spanish and English.
Chum McLeod was born in Seaforth, Ontario. Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art, Chum has illustrated picture books, works of non-fiction, magazine articles and text books. She currently lives in Barrie, Ontario.