Priscilla Cummings is the author of the Chadwick the Crab series, Chesapeake ABC, and Beddy Bye in the Bay. She has two grown children and lives with her husband in Annapolis, Maryland. A.R. Cohen was an art teacher and a professional artist and illustrator for many years. Now retired, he lives in rural Jarrettsville, Maryland, working in his studios, tending his gardens, and keeping hives of honeybees.