Nancy Loewen is an award-winning author who has written over 130 fiction and nonfiction titles for children and young adults, including Baby Wants Mama, Do I Have To?: Kids Talk About Responsibility and Scarlett the Cat to the Rescue: Fire Hero.

She received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for her Writers Toolbox series.

Her book The Last Day of Kindergarten is a Scholastic Book Club bestseller and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamlin University, St. Paul, and lives in the Twin Cities.

Eric Braun has written dozens of books for readers of all ages and edited hundreds more. He is a McKnight fellow and a nice fellow, and he likes to ride his bike really far and really fast.

He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons, some of whose antics have found their way into his books (unbeknownst to them).

Tatevik Avakyan has illustrated many books for children, including the Mermaid Tales series.