DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of numerous award-winning books for children, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Reading Association Award, A Band of Angels, winner of the Golden Kite Award, Under the Quilt of Night, winner of the Washington State Book Award, Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, and Shutting out the Sky, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, and a James Madison Book Award Honor.
YONA ZELDIS MCDONOUGHis the author of many books for children, includingSisters in StrengthandAnne Frank. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.BETHANNE ANDERSENhas illustrated many acclaimed books for children, includingPatienceWright: America’s First Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy. She lives in Boise, Idaho.