Teresa Bateman is an award-winning author and retired school librarian. She has won both the Storytelling World Award and the Anne Izard Storyteller's Award. Her books include Keeper of Soles, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and Job Wanted, which as nominated for The Washington Children's Choice Award, The New York State Charlotte Award, the Young Hoosier Book Award, and the Virginia Readers' Choice Award. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.

Jannie Ho is a children's book illustrator and former art director and graphic designer, having worked at such places as Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and TIME Magazine for Kids. She lives in Boston, MA