Kirsten Hall is a former teacher; the founder of the boutique children’s book agency Catbird Productions; and the author of the picture books The Gold Leaf, The Jacket (a New York Times Notable Children’s Book), and The Honeybee (a Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award winner). She lives in New York. Jenni Desmond is an award-winning author-illustrator who has been a Maurice Sendak Fellow and a Kate Greenaway Medal nominee, and her book The Polar Bear was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book. She lives in East London.