Sandra Nickel is a former NYC lawyer who now lives with her family in Switzerland. She is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in writing for children and young adults.

Il Sung Na writes and illustrates children's books. As a kid he loved to draw, but it wasn't until he visited a London bookstore in college that he discovered picture books were his calling.

The real-life trial-and-error pursuit of that calling was the inspiration behind this book. With experimentation and perseverance, he achieved his dream of placing beautiful books in readers' hands.