TASHA HILDERMAN graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saskatchewan. A member of SCBWI and co-owner of a home retail store and garden café in Lloydminster, Tasha has been a panelist and featured speaker at numerous business-industry events, including the 2019 Facebook Communities Summit at Facebook's Menlo, California headquarters. Her debut picture book, Métis Like Me , was published in 2024 and received two starred reviews. Tasha is of Métis descent through her mother's side and a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and lives with her husband and three children in Alberta, Canada. MAGGIE ZENG is a Montreal-based illustrator, animator, visual development artist and graphic designer. She has illustrated multiple picture books, including Karl Subban's The Hockey Skates . A student and teaching assistant at Concordia University studying film animation, Maggie has also created graphic and concept art for Nanomonx, a digital education firm, as well as animation and concept art for multiple independent films and video games.