Previously an elementary school teacher, Dianne White has a master's degree in Language and Literacy, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She now writes full time, and lives with her family in Gilbert, Arizona.

Simone Shin is the illustrator of, most recently, Mama Loves You So by Terry Pierce, Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka (Junior Library Guild selection), and Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump! by K.L. Going, as well as The Red Bicycle by Jude Isabella. She is the recipient of a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, and her illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, Real Simple, Wired, and other publications.