Marsha Qualey was born in Austin, Minnesota and has lived in Montana, Texas, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. She now resides in St. Paul with her husband and four children.

Kristyna Littenstudied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and graduated in 2010. She now lives in a beautiful village in Yorkshire where she is heavily reliant on the good old pencil and a great big cup of tea to keep her going. Her first two picture books, "Flint s Odd Socks" and "Chickens Can t See In The Dark", were highly commended for the UK s Macmillan Prize two years running.