Suzanne Slade is the award-winningauthor of 100 books for children, all ofthem nonfiction. She lives near Chicagowith her husband and two children.
Nicole Tadgell has illustrated a number of books, including Fatuma's New Cloth, winner of the Children's Africana Book Award. She works as a graphic artist for an advertising agency and lives in Spencer, Massachusetts, with her husband and two dogs.