Dori Hillestad Butler has published magazine stories, educational materials, plays, book reviews, characters for a board game, and over fifty children's books. A two-time Geisel Honor Book winner, for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats and King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth, she has also been nominated for children's choice awards in nineteen different states and won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery for Buddy Files- Case of the Lost Boy. Nancy Meyers is the illustrator of the King & Kayla and the Language Together series. When she's not busy drawing, she loves spending time with her daughters, visiting dog parks, or going for a nice long hike. She lives in Minnesota, where she is known to be a spoiled-dog enabler.