Charles R. Smith Jr. is the author of sports poetry titles such as Hoop Kings, Hoop Kings 2: New Royalty, Hoop Queens, Hoop Queens 2, and Soccer Queens, as well as Pick-Up Game, Chameleon, Major Taylor, illustrated by Leo Espinosa, and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali, illustrated by Brian Collier. He is also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for his photographs in My People, an adaptation of the Langston Hughes poem. Charles R. Smith Jr. lives in New York.
Adrian Brandon is an artist and designer fueled by spreading positive social change through visual storytelling. He lives in Brooklyn.
