Paul Fleischman is a Newbery Medal-winning author of over 50 books for both children and young adults. He has also received an additional Newbery Honor, National Book Award nomination, California Young Reader Medal, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award honors, and an international Hans Christian Anderson Award for his body of work. He lives in Monterey with his wife and has had a lifelong obsession with birds. Hannah Salyer's deep fascination with the natural world was fostered while growing up on the East Coast of the US. Her books have garnered starred reviews and Junior Library Guild selections, and in 2023 she was chosen to be a Sendak Fellow. She cherishes any opportunity to make art about the lives and experiences of other creatures with whom we share our planet. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their three cats.