Mona Hodgson began writing over twenty years ago. She has published twenty children's books and over 600 articles, poems, and pieces of short fiction. She and her husband, Bob, live in Cottonwood, Arizona with a yard full of restless roadrunners, quail, and cottontail rabbits. Renee Graef is the illustrator of over 50 books for children. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and now lives with her family in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.