Anne Marie Pace is a children's book author and an explorer in her own right, although she hasn't yet made it to the North Pole. The author of the Vampirina Ballerina books, she now lives with her family in Virginia. annemariepace.com Lorna Hussey is the illustrator of the much-loved Not This Bear by Alyssa Satin Capucilli. She currently lives in Great Britain with her three horses, three dogs, four chickens, one rooster, three children, and one husband. But no pigs (yet).