Nate Evans wanted to be a secret agent, a firefighter, or a magician when he was a kid. But he also loved to read and write. Now he has thirty-five children's books to his credit, including the
New York Times bestsellers
Ponyella and
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, both cowritten with Laura Numeroff, and the series Humpty Dumpty Jr: Hardboiled Detective, an IndieBound "Inspired Recommendation for Kids." He also illustrated
Laura Numeroff's 10-step Guide to Living With Your Monster, among others.
Christopher Santoro has been illustrating children's books for more than thirty years, including Grandpappy Snippy Snappies; A Pie Went By, a NEST Literary Classic; and the Dom DeLuise picture books Charlie the Caterpillar, Hansel and Gretel, The Nightingale, and King Bob's New Clothes. Christopher has been honored by the Society of Illustrators, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the American Library Association, and The New Yorker. He lives in Key West, Florida, with two cats, Ernie and Truman, and a dog, Stuart.
Stephanie Gwyn Brown is a painter, a poet, an illustrator, a designer, an aspiring puppeteer-musician, and an award-winning experimental animator. When not tending her backyard menagerie in Los Angeles, she may be found at the Natural History Museum, in a public library, or in a classroom. Stephanie is the author of Professor Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher.
