Margi Preus, a 
New York Times best-selling author, wrote the Newbery Honor Book 
Heart of a Samurai and other novels, including the Enchantment Lake mystery series, 
The Littlest Voyageur, 
 and
 Village of Scoundrels. Her picture books include 
Storm's Coming!, 
 illustrated by David Geister;
 Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Trees of the World, 
 illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon;
 and 
The Legend of the Lady Slipper, cowritten with Lise Lunge-Larsen and
 illustrated by Andrea Arroyo. Margi Preus lives near Lake Superior in Minnesota, not far from the bridge that inspired 
Lily Leads the Way. 
Matt Myers is the illustrator of the Infamous Ratsos chapter book series as well as the picture books 
E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm (with a Little Help from a Hen) by Judy Sierra and 
Pirate's Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry. Matt Myers lives in North Carolina.