PATRICIA MORRIS BUCKLEY is a member of the Mohawk Nation. She has been writing professionally for more than thirty years, first as a journalist and then for children. She is an elementary school librarian, SCBWI regional advisor, avid reader, writing teacher, and mom. Visit nativeamericankidlit.com to find out more.

APHELANDRA is an illustrator of Oneida and Filipino descent. She is a senior designer at Albert Whitman & Company who plays sports when it's warm and video games when it's cold.