Lee Jenkins and Jim Chansler are both retired California public school educators. Lee lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Sandy. Jim lives in Yuba City, California, with his wife, Jan. Adrienne Gain is an early childhood specialist for Pinal County in Arizona and the editor of the Aesop Patterns for Young Readers series. She lives in Mesa, Arizona, with her husband, Jason, and two daughters.