Thomas Elliott is a nature lover with a talent for illustration and design. When he's not creating beautiful books, he likes to spend time with his wife and son and their two dogs. Patricia Hegarty began working in children's publishing more years ago than she cares to remember and is now Editorial Director at Caterpillar Books. As an editor, she has worked on titles ranging from atlases to animal pop-ups, craft kits to crazy mazes, and sticker books to secret diaries.