Trina Rathgeber is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and grew up in the northern community of Thompson, Manitoba, where she did all the things that northern kids do, from playing hockey and fishing to building forts in the woods. She enjoys writing for children and is the author of French Fries Are Potatoes: A Food Poem and Little Cookbook and The Bunnies Talk Money. Trina lives in Calgary with her family.

Alina Pete (they/them) is a nehiyaw artist and writer from Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan. They grew up urban but spent summers wandering in the Qu'Appelle Valley with their cousin from Cowessess First Nation. Alina is best known for their Aurora Award–winning comics, but they also write short stories and poems, and their work has been featured in several Indigenous comic anthologies. Alina lives on unceeded Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen land with their partner.

Jillian Dolan grew up in Europe, which is a long way to go to grow up. Her family comes from Kapawe'no Cree First Nation and she is also a proud member of the Metis Nation of Alberta. Jillian enjoys bright colors, little dogs, and foreign movies that make her cry. She has illustrated for the games Coyote & Crow, Thirsty Sword Lesbians and 7th Sea: Land of 1000 Nations, as well as for Owl Kids magazine and the City of Calgary. She lives where the Elbow meets the Bow, with her partner and one chubby dog, and goes to school at the Alberta University of the Arts.