Martha Freeman has written over thirty books for children, including the Edgar Award­-nominated Zap!, The First Kids Mysteries, The Chickadee Court Mysteries, and Strudel's Forever Home. She was born in Southern California, graduated from Stanford University, and worked as a newspaper reporter and a teacher before becoming a children's book author. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Marta Sevilla is an exciting artist whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines in both North America and Europe, including the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. She lives in Spain. Less