Lola M. Schaefer has written many award-winning books for children. After teaching in elementary school classrooms for eighteen years, she is now a national writing and educational consultant. She is the author of Swamp Chomp, illustrated by Paul Meisel. She lives in Georgia.

Paul Meisel is the author and illustrator of See Me Run, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, and See Me Dig, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and is the illustrator of many books for young people, including The Schmutzy Family by Madelyn Rosenberg, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. He lives in Connecticut.