Setsu Broderick grew up in a small country village in Western Japan in the 1950s and attended art college in Japan. She has worked as a designer and illustrator in Los Angeles for over 20 years, and has previously illustrated six books, including Cat Blessings, Cats Rule!, Dog Blessings, Dogs Rule! and The Little Book of All Things Cat.Willamarie Moore is the Head of School Programs and Resources at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She previously worked as the Manager of East Asian Programs at the Boston Children's Museum, where she was the lead content developer for the award-winning exhibition Five Friends From Japan: Children in Japan Today.
Willamarie Moore is currently the Head of School Programs and Resources at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She previously worked as the Manager of East Asian Programs at the Boston Children's Museum. She is the co-author of Japanese Traditions, also from Tuttle Publishing.Kazumi Wilds has illustrated several children's books, including The Wakame Gatherers and Hajime in the North Woods. Wilds lives in the mountains of Shimane prefecture in Japan with her sons, where she paints and teaches elementary school.