Matt Mitter was born long, long ago in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has written dozens of children's books, mostly in verse. Currently, he works and plays in the Bay Area. Ela Jarzabek lives in Katowice, Poland. She graduated from Cracow Academy of Fine Arts with a Master's Academy degree in Graphic Design and a Second degree in Painting. Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator. She loves working on watercolor paper with gouache, acrylic paints, and colored pencils and creating illustrations with funny characters that are bright and colorful.