Randal Harris has travelled the world with his wife, spending much time in Asia, including three months in Thailand, where this story was born. He has been a bartender in North Beach for more than 30 years, but is currently living in Shanghai, China. This is his first book. Taeeun Yoo has illustrated a number of picture books, and in 2009 she received the Society of Illustrators in America Founders Awar for the most promising new talent of the year. Born and raised in Korea, Yoo now lives in New York City.