Sybil Rosen is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Her debut picture book, Carpenter's Helper, received two starred reviews; her young adult novel, Speed of Light , won the Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers and was nominated for the Mark Twain Award. In addition, she is the author of Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley , which was adapted into the movie BLAZE. Sybil co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke, who also directed the film. Nancy Carpenter is the illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff, a Sibert Honor Book; A Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson, 11 Experiments that Failed by Jenny Offill, and Balderdash! by Michelle Markel, all of which received starred reviews; and Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson, an SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, daughter, son and dog.