Daniel Ladinsky's books include
The Gift,
The Purity of Desire,
A Year with Hafiz,
I Heard God Laughing, and
The Subject Tonight is Love, as well as a collection of translations of poems by twelve mystics and saints,
Love Poems from God.
Darling, I Love You! is the first book to feature selections from Ladinsky's thousands of original, unique haiku.
Patrick McDonnell (illustrator) is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the comic strip MUTTS, which appears in over seven hundred newspapers around the globe. He has received numerous awards internationally, including the National Cartoonists Society's highest honor, The Reuben.