Chana Stiefel is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for children, including Animal Zombies & Other Real-Life Monsters and Bravo, Avocado. She grew up in South Florida, where she loved going on "swamp tromps" in the Everglades to search for snakes, lizards, frogs, gators, and gulping pelicans. Now she lives a spitting distance from New York City, where she enjoys sharing her passion for reading and writing with children. Learn more at chanastiefel.com.

Anna Louise Oliver is an artist who loves observing and drawing animals. She studied illustration at the University of Plymouth and lives in the UK. How Rude! is the first book she has illustrated.