Lynda Mullaly Hunt is the author of New York Times bestseller Fish in a Tree, Bank Street Best Book One for the Murphys, and Indie Bestseller Shouting at the Rain. A former teacher, she lives in Massachusetts.

Nancy Carpenter has illustrated sixty books for children, including Balderdash (by Michelle Markel), a Sibert honor book, and A Letter to My Teacher (by Deborah Hopkinson). She's received two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.