Gideon Sterer is a New York Times bestselling author who grew up in the woods of upstate New York. Not too far away, his parents owned a wildlife discovery center where he would run around after hours and let the animals out. His books include If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone, The Midnight Fair, I Will Read to You, and Treehouse Town.  

Emily Hughes is the award-winning author-illustrator of Wild, The Little Gardener, The Snail, and others. Born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, Emily Hughes now lives in London.