A. R. Capetta is the author of numerous young adult novels, including Costumes for Time Travelers, Echo After Echo , The Lost Coast , and Lambda Literary Award winner The Heartbreak Bakery . The Hocus and Pocus series is their first foray into writing for younger readers. A. R. Capetta lives in a small town in the mountains with their family, including two dogs who make almost as much mischief as Hocus and Pocus. Charlene Chua (she/they) is the author-illustrator of Hug? and The Pink Pajamas and the illustrator of numerous books for young readers, including the Stonewall Book Award winner and Lambda Literary Award finalist Love , Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild; Bye Bye , Binary by Eric Geron; and the Amy Wu series by Kat Zhang.

Charlene Chua lives near Toronto.