Born in Canada, Zetta Elliott (Brooklyn, NY) moved to the US in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies, and her plays have been staged in New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. She is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, including the award-winning picture book Bird. Her urban fantasy novel Ship of Souls was named a Booklist Top Ten Sci-fi/Fantasy Title for Youth. Three books published under her own imprint, Rosetta Press, have been named Best Childrens Books of the Year by the Bank Street Center for Childrens Literature. Elliott is an advocate for greater diversity and equity in publishing. Aaron Boyd is the illustrator of 25 childrens books including Luigi and the Barefoot Races, Babus Song, Daddy Goes to Work, and the Panda Goes to School series. His pop-up Storybook Year won a Clio Top 4 award and was inducted into the Smithsonian Rare Books collection. He has also received Childrens Africana Book, Choices Sports, Notable Childrens Book, and Hermes Creative awards, and his advertising graphics have received Addy Gold and Graphis awards.
