Patricia MacLachlan is the author of many well-loved novels and picture books, includingnbsp;Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal; its sequels,nbsp;Skylarknbsp;andnbsp;Caleb's Story;nbsp;Edward's Eyes;nbsp;The True Gift;nbsp;Waiting for the Magic;nbsp;White Fur Flying; andnbsp;Fly Away. She lives in western Massachusetts.
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.