Jeanette Winter (1939-2025) was a celebrated picture book creator whose acclaimed works include The Snow Man ; The Little Owl & the Big Tree: A Christmas Story ; Oil ; The Secret Project ; and Diego , all written by Jonah Winter, and her own Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia ; Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan ; Henri's Scissors ; Sister Corita's Words and Shapes ; and Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet , which has been translated into twenty-one languages. Alexis Romay is the author of two novels and two books of poetry. His essays and opinion pieces have been published by NBC News , World Literature Today , Museum of Modern Art, El Nuevo Herald , Latino Rebels , Hypermedia Magazine , Replicante , Letras Libres , and other outlets. He has written lyrics for Paquito D'Rivera and translated over forty picture books, as well as novels by Ana Veciana-Suarez, Margarita Engle, Miguel Correa Mujica, Meg Medina, Stuart Gibbs, and Adrianna Cuevas. He lives in New Jersey with his family.