Karlin Gray loves writing about strong female athletes. She holds a BA in creative writing from Florida State University and has worked in publishing and copywriting. She's also the author of Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still (HMH BYR, 2016) and An Extraordinary Ordinary Moth (Sleeping Bear Press, 2018). When the weather’s nice, she loves to play tennis in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives with her family.

Christine Davenier is the acclaimed illustrator of more than 60 books for children, including the New York Times bestselling series The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, as well as the New York Times best Illustrated The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson, and Miss Lina's Ballerina's by Grace Maccarone.

She lives in France.