Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults, including Call Me Aram, Aram's Choice, Silver Threads, Enough, The Hunger , and Hope's War . Her novel about the Armenian genocide, Nobody's Child , was nominated for the Red Maple Award, the Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award, and the B.C. Stellar Award; it was also listed by Resource Links as a "Best Book." An English scholar and former librarian, Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario. Although Micheal Martchenko began his career as a commercial artist, he was later approached by Robert Munsch and Annick Press representatives to consider a career in children's book illustrating after they saw his work at a graphic arts exhibition. His first Munsch book was 1980's The Paper Bag Princess after his six-year-old daughter read the story; he is now the go-to illustrator for Munsch books. It was not until 1990 that he first authored and illustrated his own book, Birdfeeder Banquet .

His second self-authored and illustrated book, Ma, I?m a Farmer , was published in 2003. Aside from his passion for illustrating children's books, Martchenko also has an interest in aviation and military art and history.