Monica Acker spends most mornings taming her mane of curly hair. She is an author and educator and while not the king of all creatures, she is the master of Scrabble and the queen of cookie eating. Monica has a master's degree in teaching and is a reading tutor in the Reading, Massachusetts school system. She lives in Reading with her husband and three children. If you wish to learn more about Monica you can visit www.monicaacker.com. Mikel Valverde is an author and illustrator.

He works at a drawing table that someone rescued from an old factory before it was shut down. He has published numerous books, some translated into other languages, and even has received awards for his work. When he's not at the park with his daughter, he usually takes walks in the hills near his home. He lives very close to the coast, in the Basque Country, Spain.