A former children's book editor and book buyer at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, North Carolina, Amy Cherrix now writes fulltime. Her books include the nonfiction In the Shadow of the Moon , Backyard Bears , Eye of the Storm , Animal Architects , and Animal Superpowers . She earned a master's degree in children's literature from Simmons University. If she isn't writing or scouring the internet for late-breaking science news, you can find her on Instagram @AmyCherrix. Frann Preston-Gannon is an illustrator and designer. She is the illustrator of Busy-Eyed Day by Anne Marie Pace, One Dark Bird by Liz Garton Scanlon, Home Is. by Hannah Barnaby, and her own The Journey Home . She was the first UK recipient of the Sendak Fellowship and spent a month living with and learning from the great master of illustration, Maurice Sendak.

She lives in London, England. Visit her online at Frann.co.uk.