Author Barbara Diamond Goldin has written many distinguished books on Jewish themes, including The World's Brithday: A Rosh Hashana Story, A Mountain of Blintzes, and The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion. In 1997, she received the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. A former preschool teacher, language arts teacher, and writing instructor, she currently works as a librarian and enjoys conducting writing workshops. She lives in western Massachusetts.Illustrator Anik McGrory studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design. She loves to travel and live in different parts of the world with her husband, Glenn, her little boy, Noel, her baby daughter, Solenn, and her dogs, Moxie and Zephyr. Right now she's living in Tarrytown, New York.