Elizabeth Brokamp is a licensed professional counselor in private practice. Brokamp earned her BA from the College of William and Mary and her MA and EdM from Teachers College, Columbia University. Brokamp lives with her husband and three children in Alexandria, Virginia. Marsha Riti earned a BFA in studio art, with honors, from the University of Texas at Austin. She won the Portfolio Grand Prize at the Books, Boots, and Buckskin 2011 Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Regional Conference. Riti enjoys gardening and cooking and lives in Austin, Texas.