Kaitlyn DiPerna is an award-winning writer, developer, and editor of all kinds of children’s books. Kaitlyn has authored everything from young adult art and craft titles to school textbooks, and children’s chapter books to board books for toddlers.

Originally from Boston, where she earned a degree in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College, Kaitlyn has spent the last ten years on the West Coast, chasing the surf and the snow.

Giusi Capizzi was born in Rome but raised in Sicily. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania and has completed many illustration courses for children's books.

She began drawing stories for her son and enjoyed it so much that she hasn't stopped since! Giusi has worked internationally, illustrating for education books, handbooks, and magazines.

All of her art is digital, but she also uses her graphic design skills to layout books and catalogs. In her spare time, Giusi loves to cook. Sometimes she teaches tourists Sicilian cuisine . . . Obviously, her cookbooks are filled with illustrations!