Laura Carroll was born and raised just down the Mississippi River from the Audubon Zoo. She has always loved and appreciated New Orleans cuisine, which left her feeling the utmost sympathy for the flamingoes at the zoo when she learned that their diet consisted only of shrimp. A full-time real-estate attorney, she enjoys fishing, painting, and family dinners with her husband and three young children. Illustrator Shannon Kelley Atwater was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and came to New Orleans to attend Loyola University, where she received a degree in visual arts. After selling her art on the fences of Jackson Square and opening a gallery space in the French Quarter, she now stays busy raising her three spirited children and taking on various commissioned projects. She is the author and illustrator of Alligators Don't Like Flowers and Goodnight Pothole, also published by Pelican.
