David George Gordon is the award-winning author of fourteen books on wildlife and wild places. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic Kids magazine and serves as the science writer for the Washington Sea Grant Program, a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, headquartered in the University of Washington in Seattle. Gordon resides in Port Townsend, WA. Davide Bonadonna is an award-winning illustrator and sculptor who specializes in scientific subjects, especially paleontology. He lives in Italy. Christian Kitzmüller is a freelance illustrator and art director who has been creating art for advertising, theatre and film posters, magazines, non-fiction children books, and more since 1987. He lives in Switzerland.