Mark Jasper is the author of many books in the Good Night Our World series, The Cape Cod Christmas Cookbook, Haunted Cape Cod and the Islands, and Haunted Inns of New England. He lives in Bradenton, FL.

Katherine Blackmore is one of eleven siblings, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. With a BFA in Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art, she has been a professional artist for 20 years. She started out working for American Greetings, designing and creating cards and holiday products. and moved Florida in 1995 to learn traditional animation at The Walt Disney Feature Animation Studio. Her screen credits include: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear. She currently teaches 2d animation at a university in Orlando. Katherine's true love in art is drawing, but she also paints, does collage, and photography; she has numerous hobbies and especially enjoys reading, gardening, traveling, yoga, and hang gliding. She resides in Florida with her husband and their 3 cats.