Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Literacy Association Award;
Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and
Apples to Oregon, a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for
Under the Quilt of Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her online at DeborahHopkinson.com.
Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt,
Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine,
Fannie in the Kitchen, and
Loud Emily, among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at NancyCarpenter.website.