Hallie Durand's favorite dessert is vanilla ice cream drowned in hot-fudge sauce.nbsp; She grew up in a large, food-loving family much like the one in her books.nbsp; But unlike Dessert, Hallie had to eat dessert after supper.nbsp; When she's not writing, she likes to visit fondue restaurants to do "research." Hallie lives with her family in New Jersey.nbsp;
Christine Davenier is the illustrator of numerous picture books. She received a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year Award for The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson.