Maggie Tokuda-Hall has an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco and a tendency to spill things.

As a longtime children's bookseller she has read her fair share of stories, and she is always hungry for more.

Her favourite animal is an octopus, or else an elephant. She lives in San Francisco, USA.

Yas Imamura is an Asian American illustrator who has done work for clients like An-thropologie, Sanrio and Papyrus. She also owns a greeting card shop called Quill & Fox which has been a delightful pursuit of infusing humour and fun quips into her drawings. As a child, Yas has always been fond of doodling, and much to the dismay of her parents, on surfaces she shouldn’t-like the treasured pages of children’s books. Much of her work now draw inspiration from those same books she enjoyed as a kid, her art evolving into an amalgamation of both the timeless and modern. Her preferred materials are gouache and watercolour and often finds herself drawn to projects that are playful and a little offbeat.