Jamee Riggio Heelan holds a BS in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas. She is an education program manager at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Her work is dedicated to treating children and educating others about childhood disabilities. She lives in Illinois.

Nicola Simmonds holds a BA Honors in Visual Communications from the University of Brighton. She has been involved in the design and production of children's books for the past decade, both in England and the United States. She lives in Georgia.