Marion Coste is the author of four nonfiction picture books about native Hawaiian species: Nene (Hawaiian goose), Honu (Hawaiian green sea turtle), Kolea (Pacific golden plover), and The Hawaiian Bat . She lives in Aiea, Hawaii. Yong Chen is the illustrator of Miz Fannie Mae's Fine New Easter Hat by Melissa Milich, Starfish Summer by Ona Gritz-Gilbert, and Swimming with Sharks by Twig C. George. Born in China, he lives in Nashua, New Hampshire. Marion is the author of four nonfiction picture books about native Hawaiian species: Nene (Hawaiian goose), Honu (Hawaiian green sea turtle), Kolea (Pacific golden plover), and The Hawaiian Bat. She lives in Aiea, Hawaii. Yong Chen was born in Taishan, a town in the Guangdong province of China, where he began drawing and painting at the age of four.

He studied illustration at Massachusetts College of Art, where he now teaches. He lives in Nashua, New Hampshire.