Connie Collins Morgan ia an award-winning author, she credits her creativity to her upbringing in the rich Southern culture of Lafayette, Louisiana. She holds an MFA from Hollins University and teaches elementary school. Herb Leonhard received a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. His award-winning work has appeared in D Magazine, among other publications. He is also the illustrator of Pelicans Way Out West on My Little Pony, St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice, A Southern Childs Garden of Verses, Leonardos Monster, and I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word. Leonhard lives in Prosser, Washington.