Shannon Hale is the New York Times bestselling author of over forty books for preschoolers, kids, teens, and adults, including multiple award winners The Goose Girl , Book of a Thousand Days , and Newbery Honor recipient Princess Academy . One of her novels for the adult crowd, Austenland , was made into a movie starring Keri Russell and Jennifer Coolidge. With LeUyen Pham, she created her bestselling graphic novel memoirs Real Friends , Best Friends , and Friends Forever , and the Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn picture books. She cowrites books with her husband, Dean Hale, like the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Rapunzel's Revenge (with Nathan Hale), books for DC Comics about young Wonder Woman (with Victoria Ying), and bestselling chapter book series The Princess in Black (with LeUyen Pham). She lives in Utah with her husband, their four children, and two ridiculous cats. www.shannonhale.com Victoria Ying is an author and artist living in Los Angeles.

She started her career in the arts by falling in love with comic books, which eventually turned into a career working in animation and graphic novels. Her film credits include Frozen , Moana, Tangled , Wreck-It Ralph , Big Hero 6 , and Paperman . She the illustrator of the DC Comics graphic novel Diana: Princess of the Amazons and the author and illustrator of her original graphic novels City of Secrets and Hungry Ghost. www.victoriaying.com @VictoriaYing.