Diane Lang lives in northern California, where she volunteers at wildlife centers in Walnut Creek and Hayward, and occasionally travels to one in Pasadena, talking with children and adults about our natural world.

She especially likes to share the fascinating and wonderful aspects of some of our most overlooked wild neighbors- turkey vultures, snakes, spiders, and more.

Katy Tanis is an illustrator, explorer, and children's book author. She lives and works at the Jersey shore. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in biology through Miami University in partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society.

She spends most of her days chasing deadlines but occasionally wanders to far-off places, like Madagascar, where she chases primates instead. Her work is inspired by specific ecosystems and the wonderful webs of life that they contain.

She has a soft spot for the weirdos of the animal kingdom, and she's never met a color she didn't like.