Nikki Loftin is the author of three middle grade novels, including Nightingale's Nest, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and the Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books, and The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy, which was the winner of the 2013 Writer's League of Texas Book Award. This is her picture book debut.

Deborah Marcero is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books In a Jar and My Heart Is a Compass. She also illustrated The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov and Twinderella by Corey Rosen Schwartz. Learn more at deborahmarcero.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @deborahmarcero.