Mary Ann Rodman holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former school media specialist, she is also the author of A Tree for Emmy and First Grade Stinks! She has received both the Ezra Jack Keats Award for Outstanding New Picture Book Writer and the Charlotte Zolotow Award.
Holly Sterling is a freelance children’s illustrator and designer. She has earned a First Class Honors Degree in illustration and design from the University of Sunderland and received an MFA with Distinction from Edinburgh College of Art. She teaches as an illustration lecturer at the University of Sunderland. Follow her on Instagram @hollysterling87.
