Kallie George is an author, editor, and creative writing teacher living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has written acclaimed books for children, including The Lost Gift ; Secrets I Know ; Duck, Duck, Dinosaur , and The Melancholic Mermaid , as well as The Magical Animal Adoption Agency series and The Heartwood Hotel series. She has also taught writing workshops for children and adults across Canada, as well as in South Korea, and she currently teaches at Emily Carr University. Paola Zakimi spent her childhood in cold Patagonia, Argentina. She studied arts and graphic design in Buenos Aires before moving to Villa Giardino, Cordoba, where she resides today. She is the illustrator of Estelle Laure's Before the World Wakes , Meg Fleming's Here Comes Ocean , Jacqueline Veissid's Ruby's Sword , as well as Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt's Teddy & Co. , among other picture books.