Tammi Sauer , a former teacher and library media specialist, is a full-time children's book author. She has 30 picture books with more on the way. In addition to winning awards and earning starred reviews, Tammi's books have gone on to do great things. Chicken Dance , Your Alien , and Nugget & Fang were made into musicals that toured the nation. Wordy Birdy was named a Kids' Indie Next List book, the 2021 Book Choice for Read Across Oklahoma, and a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year. And Your Alien , an NPR Best Book of the Year, was released in Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and French which makes her feel extra fancy. Pauline Gregory is the illustrator of Monkey Bedtime , Snowflakes on Our Tongues , and Monkey Bedtime , among others. She graduated from Arts University Plymouth with a BA in illustration.

Her goal as an artist is to make her readers laugh. She works from her home studio in Cornwall, England.