Erin Dionne

Erin Dionne is well-established in the middle grade humor space, beginning with her debut, Edgar Award finalist, Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking. Her books for middle grade and tweens include Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies, The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, and Notes from an Accidental Band Geek, among others. She's also written two picture books. Captain's Log: Snowbound, illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler, which received a starred review from Kirkus, and Balletball.

Erin is a school visit queen, teaches writer's workshops, is a strong promoter, and active in the New England Writer's community (an area rich in indies). Shiver-by-the-Sea is her first venture into chapter books.

She teaches at Montserrat College of Art and lives outside of Boston, not too far from Salem (which Shiver-by-the-Sea is loosely modeled on) with her husband and two children.

Jenn Harney has illustrated Jenn Hamburg's Hazy Bloom series and Susan Lurie's Wanda Seasongood books. She is also the illustrator of many picture books, including her own Swim Swim Sink and Underwear!, Josh Crute's Hornswoggled!, Ann Marie Stephens's Catastrophe, and Ame Dyckman's forthcoming How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide. Jenn lives in Cleveland(ish) with her family, a corgi named Steve and the ghost of the oldest living goldfish in North America.