Shannon Anderson teaches third grade, writes children's books, and presents at schools, conferences, and events. She also writes resource books for teachers to encourage their students to write. Shannon has won many awards, including the Eli Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship and the Juvenile Fiction First Place Writing Award at the SWA Georgia Conference. Hiroe Naka graduated from the Parsons School of Design. Illustrations from her first children's book were chosen for the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition. She lives in New York City, NY.