Anne Wynter is a playwright and freelance copywriter who began her career as a publicist in the book publishing industry. More than a dozen of her short plays have been produced around the country and included in such festivals as 14/48 Austin, the Austin One-Minute Play Festival, and The Lift Off New Play Festival in New York. Anne has a degree in drama from Washington University in St. Louis, she earned a certificate in short story writing from the University of Chicago, and she studied picture book writing at The Writing Barn. Everybody in the Red Brick Building is her debut. Anne currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, her two young sons, and her cat.

Alea Marley is a children's illustrator living and working in England. She is the illustrator of Loretta's Gift.