Nancy Loewen is an award-winning author who has written over 130 fiction and nonfiction titles for children and young adults, including Baby Wants Mama, Do I Have To?: Kids Talk About Responsibility and Scarlett the Cat to the Rescue: Fire Hero. She received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for her Writer's Toolbox series. Her book The Last Day of Kindergarten is a Scholastic Book Club bestseller and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamlin University, St. Paul, and lives in the Twin Cities. Learn more at www.nancyloewen.net.

Lucy Semple is an illustrator based in Nottinghamshire, UK, with a degree in Graphic Communication and Illustration. Specialising in children's illustration she enjoys drawing bright, bold and often furry characters. Lucy also enjoys drinking tea, baking and cuddling up to watch a film with her partner, daughter and their grumpy cat.