Linda Ashman's more than thirty picture books have earned numerous honors and starred reviews, and have been included on the "Best of the Year" lists in the New York Times; Parenting, Child, and Cookie magazines; Bank Street College of Education; and the New York Public Library.

She has taught a variety of workshops on writing for children and is the author of The Nuts and Bolts Guide to Writing Picture Books, a "how to" handbook. Linda lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her husband and son, and their two dogs.

Jane Massey is a children's book illustrator who lives and works in Hove on the South Coast of England. She studied graphic design at Kingston University and worked for several design agencies in London and Hong Kong in addition to illustrating children's books.