Candace Fleming is the author of more than thirty distinguished books for children including
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera, winner of the Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book, and
Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper. Her book
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh received the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Chicago.
Matthew Cordell is the Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of
Wolf in the Snow and
Hello Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers, and the illustrator of numerous highly acclaimed children's books including Philip C. Stead's books
The Only Fish in the Sea and
Special Delivery, which was a Washington Post Best Book. He wrote and illustrated
Another Brother,
Wish, and
Hello! Hello!, a New York Times Notable Children's Book. Matthew lives near Chicago with his wife, author Julie Halpern, and their two children.