Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Elatsoe, her critically acclaimed debut novel, was featured in Time as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received the Newbery Honor, was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran and splits her time between California and Texas.

Abigail Rajunov is an illustrator from Dallas, Texas, who studied Illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. She loves to draw silly characters, whimsical scenes, and emotional moments, and her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Work from her debut picture book, If I Lived in the Sky, was chosen for the Illustrators 68th Annual. In her spare time, Abi loves to plein-air-paint in her sketchbook, play video games with friends, and strum on her guitar.