Annie Sullivan, author of several young adult fantasy novels, was inspired by her love of fairy tales to write this original version of a classic. Her wanderlust has taken her to every continent, where she's walked on the Great Wall of China, found four-leaf clovers in Ireland, waddled with penguins in Antarctica, and cage dived with great white sharks in South Africa.

Paula Becker is an illustrator living in Montreal, Quebec, and south Texas. For more than twenty years, she has created playful illustrations for books, magazines, greeting cards, and more. A life-long lover of drawing, illustration has been the perfect fit for her passions and abilities.