AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL (1965-2017) was a Chicago-based author of numerous award-winning books for both children and adults, a short filmmaker, and popular essayist.

AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL (1965-2017) was a Chicago-based author of numerous award-winning books for both children and adults, a short filmmaker, and popular essayist.

CANDICE RANSOM, who has never wanted to be anything besides a children's book writer, has published 110 award-winning books for children and young adults. She teaches in the children's literature program at Hollins University. Candice lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with her husband and her cat, Atticus. BRIGETTE BARRAGER graduated from CalArts with a BFA in character animation in 2007. She likes tea and books and general old lady-ish stuff, and hates when people's toes hang over the edge of their sandals. Visit her at brigetteb.blogspot.com.