Martha Brockenbrough is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, from picture books up through YA. Some of her picture books include * I Am an American: the Wong Kim Ark Story (ALA Noteable Book for Children), This Old Dog *, Cheerful Chick, and more! Her books have made several Best ...

Martha Brockenbrough is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, from picture books up through YA. Some of her picture books include * I Am an American: the Wong Kim Ark Story (ALA Noteable Book for Children), This Old Dog *, Cheerful Chick, and more! Her books have made several Best of The Year lists. She lives in Seattle with her family.

Juana Martinez-Neal is the winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award for La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, and the 2019 Caldecott Honor Award for Alma and How She Got Her Name, which she also wrote. She is also the recepient of the 2020 Robert E. Sibert Medal for * Fry Bread: A Native American Story.* Originally from Lima, Peru, she lives with her husband and three children in Connecticut where she cooks with lots of Roma tomatoes.