Charlotte Pomerantz is the well-loved author of many books for children. She has had numerous stories, poems, and articles published in anthologies, in Publishers Weekly, in the New York Times Book Review, and in children’s and other adult magazines. She is the recipient of the Jane Addams Children''s Book Award and the Christopher Award. She lives in New York.

Rob Shepperson is an illustrator of children''s books including, Lilly and the Pirates by Phyllis Root, Bugs by David L. Harrison, and The Big House by Carolyn Coman. His droll editorial drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.