Thacher Hurd has received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the New York Times Best Illustrated Award. He co-founded Peaceable Kingdom Press in 1983.



John Cassidy co-founded Klutz in 1978 and was its creative head until 2000. He has written over 200 books and received the Legacy for Children Award. He currently lectures at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. He lives in California.