Eileen Spinelli has written many books for children. Her 1991 debut Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch was a Christopher Award winner, and she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the bestselling

When Mama Comes Home Tonight and the critically acclaimed Sophie’s Masterpiece. Eileen lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Giuliano Ferri is an artist, an animator, and an award-winning author and illustrator of many children's books, including minedition's Brick by Brick, I See, I Touch, Mama Bear, Little Bear, Let's Play Soccer!, Nino's Magical Night, Peekaboo, and The Snowball. Mr. Ferri also works with young people with disabilities, using animation and comic theater as therapy.