Sharon K. Solomon is a retired elementary reading specialist with more than thirty-five years of educational experience. She began writing children's books as a teacher and has continued to write a variety of children's works. Also the author of Pelican's Cathy Williams, Buffalo Soldier, Solomon is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She resides in Lansdowne, Virginia, where she is a member of a local writing critique group. Doreen Lorenzetti works with teens as an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital. Her previous experience has included advertising, portraits, murals, illustrations in newspapers and magazines, textiles, and set design. She is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a graduate of Monmouth University. Lorenzetti resides in Hillsborough, New Jersey.