Elise Fontenailleis a French author and former journalist who lives and works in Haute-Loire, France. She writes for children and adults across a variety of genres and formats, including picture books, novels, science fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, and crime fiction, and has received numerous French literary awards.At the Drop of a Catis her first picture book, and the first to be translated into English.

Violeta Lopiz is a Spanish illustrator currently living in Peru. She has illustrated numerous books, including The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It (a New York Times Best Childrens Book of 2021) and The Forest (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2018). El Cultural, the supplement of El Mundo, considers her one of the top ten names of contemporary Spanish illustration.

Karin Snelsonis a Seattle-based book editor, reviewer, writer, and translator, specializing in childrens and young adult literature. She has served on a Newbery Medal selection committee, on an ALA Notable Childrens Books committee, and on a 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominating committee through USBBY. She is the co-translator of the French picture bookJerome by Heart, which won a 2019 Batchelder Honor;At the Drop of a Cat; andYou Can't Kill Snow White.

Growing up in a French, Chinese American family,Emilie Robert Wongattendedschool in the French national education system before studying Comparative Literatureand Neuroscience at Harvard College. She is an associate editor with Enchanted Lion.

Books by Elise Fontenaille