Claudia Cangilla McAdam is the award-winning author of more than sixteen titles for children and young adults. She earned her bachelor's degree in English from Illinois State University and master's in theology from the Augustine Institute. McAdam's writing--fiction and nonfiction--has been published in Highlights for Children, Fortune, Denver Parent, Catholic Digest, and many other publications. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and lives with her family in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Traci Van Wagoner earned bachelor of fine arts degrees in illustration and advertising design from Utah State University and in toy design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In addition to book illustration, Van Wagoner writes, designs toys and characters, and paints portraits. She is a long-standing member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Van Wagoner lives in New York City, where she and her husband run their product development company, Imagine That! Design.