Noel, Melvina: - Melvina Noel loves to write and to bake cakes. Thanks to Edna, she listens to her cakes to tell her when they are done. Noel lives in Virginia. This is her debut picture book. Cozbi Cabrera is an award-winning illustrator whose gorgeous books--including Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, published by Abrams--have garnered a Coretta Scott King Honor as well as a Caldecott Honor for illustration. She lives in Illinois.