Antonie Schneider lives in Mindelheim, in Southern Germany, where she was born.

A former elementary school teacher, she has written numerous books for NorthSouth, including Advent Storybook: 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas.

Pei-Yu Chang was born in Taipeh, Taiwan, where she studied German language, culture, and literature. On her completion of a master's degree, she traveled to Germany to begin work on a doctorate on Chaos Theory in Literary Studies at Munster University.

There she discovered her passion for book illustration. In 2012, she took courses in the Department of Communications Design and Illustration at the Fachhochschule in Munster. She is the author of Mr. Benjamin's Suitcase of Secrets. She lives and works in Munster, Germany.