Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including the #1
New York Times bestsellers
Dear Girl, (cowritten with her daughter, Paris Rosenthal) and
I Wish You More (cowritten with Tom Lichtenheld). A contributor to NPR, TED collaborator and speaker, filmmaker, and the author of two groundbreaking memoirs (
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal), she raised her three children with her husband, Jason, in Chicago. For more about Amy’s life, work, and the foundation formed in her memory, please see amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org.
Jane Dyer is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal as well as numerous other award-winning picture books. She lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Brooke Dyer is the illustrator of Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Mama Always Comes Home by Karma Wilson. Brooke lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, with her husband, three young children, and their dog, Sophie.