Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard was born in Baltimore and grew up in Boston. She has degrees from Radcliffe College and the University of Pittsburgh, and has worked as a teacher of children's literature and a children's librarian. Ms. Howard lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Lawrence. They have three grown daughters, Jane, Susan, and Laura, and two grandchildren, Sarah and Jonathan.
April Jones Prince lives in Boston, Massachusetts.Robert Casilla lives in New Fairfield, Connecticut.