Patricia MacLachlan has written several award winning picture books and novels, including All The Places to Love , and the Newbery Medal winner, Sarah, Plain and Tall.Emily MacLachlan lives near Boston with her husband, two cats, and two dogs. Painting the Wind is her first book.
Katy Schneider lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, Dave, and three children, Olive, Mae, and Ellis. She is the illustrator of Painting the Wind and Once I Ate a Pie and exhibits her paintings nationwide.