Kate Hannigan is the author of several children's books, including A Lady Has the Floor, which received four starred reviews; Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine, a 2024 NSTA-CBC Best STEM Book; and Nellie vs. Elizabeth, one of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Children's Books. Kate's other books have also made the 2022 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List, the 2023 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year, and were nominated for the 2023 Illinois Bluestem Award, among many other honors. Her most recent title is Rachel Carson's Wonder-Filled World.

Sofia Moore is a Ukrainian-American artist and illustrator. She loves painting traditionally and layering textures both on paper and digitally. Her recent book Dream By Dream by Geri Kolesar was a 2024 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year. Her other titles include Pencilvania by Stephanie Watson, named one of the best books of 2021 by the New York Public Library, and A Beam of Light by Elisa Boxer.