Carol Gordon Ekster was a passionate elementary school teacher for 35 years before she became an author. She is grateful that her writing gives her another way to communicate with children. Carol lives in Andover, Massachusetts with her husband Mark.
Nynke Talsma was in born in Delfzijl (the Netherlands) in 1975. She studied at the Art Academy in Kampen with specialisation "children's book illustration." Since 1999 she works as an illustrator of children's books and educational books. In her work she often uses aquarel, pen and ink, pencil, acrylic paint and sometimes self-made stamps. Together with her husband, and two children, she lives in the neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.