Maggie Fischer is originally from Oregon but moved to San Diego, California, after receiving her B.A. in English from Gonzaga University.

The daughter of a children’s librarian, Maggie has books in her blood, and relishes the opportunity to write and edit books for kids. She spends her time forgetting to take advantage of the beach, pretending the neighbor’s cat is her own, and listening to true crime podcasts that keep her up at night.

Kelly Breemer is an illustrator from the lovely green city Arnhem, in the Netherlands. She loves the freelance illustrator life because her work days are diverse, creative, energetic, and positive-and that fits her very well! After graduating from art school in 2012, Kelly started working in many different creative fields: children’s books, animation, typography and lettering, infographics, character design, and painting murals. Eventually Kelly found out that books were her favorite. Then she started working for Astound as an illustrator-and she feels like the projects are just as diverse, even more fun, and she's excited to start drawing again every new work day!