Cynthia C DeFelice

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling middle-grade novels and picture books, including Casey in the Bath and Old Granny and the Bean Thief. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. She lives in upstate New York.

Andrea U'ren is the creator of Pugdog and Mary Smith, for which she received an IRA Children's Book Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.