Su Mei is a member of the China Writers Association and director of the China Society for the Studies of Children’s Literature. She now teaches at Soochow University. Su has published over six hundred fairy tales and more than sixty story collections. Her math and science fairy tale picture books have been exported to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and other countries. Many of her works have been selected for Chinese textbooks for kindergartens and US elementary schools. Su is the winner of many awards, including the “Second China Children’s Book Gold Award.”  

Zhang Ruiling is a professional illustrator and picture book painter. Born in Heze, Shandong Province, Zhang studied at the Department of Design at Shandong College of Art and the Department of Photography at Beijing Film Academy. Her published works include I Have a Date with Zhuangzi. Zhang was the winner of the “2012 Bing Xin Children’s Book Award.”