Tara Lazar is an established children's picture book author with six titles in print. She's founder of Storystorm (formerly called Picture Book Idea Month), a popular writing challenge. She has presented at regional SCBWI conferences and is a council member of the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature. She lives in New Jersey.

Troy Cummings is an author and illustrator of children's books. His works include Giddy-Up, Daddy! and The Notebook of Doom series.

His illustrations have also appeared in animated backdrops for an opera, iPad pop-up books, and a cookbook for dogs, as well as in newspapers, magazines, and greeting cards. He lives in Greencastle, Indiana.