Kate Narita is a writer and fourth-grade teacher. She earned her undergraduate degree and master's in education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in writing for children from Simmons College. She lives, writes, and hikes on a small mountain in central Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, and dog.

Suzanne Kaufman is the illustrator of Samanthasaurus Rex , written by B. B. Mandell, and Naughty Claudine Christmas , written by Patrick Jennings, and the author and illustrator of I Love Monkey and It's Confiscated. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two bug-exploring daughters of her own.