JEN ARENA is lucky to have been surrounded by children’s books her whole life. As a teenager, she worked in a bookstore. Then she was a children’s book editor. And now she writes and edits books for kids, including Besos for Baby and 100 Snowmen. Like Lady Liberty, Jen loves to travel around America—her favorite spots are Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York—but she always comes home in the end. Visit her at jenarenabooks.com.   MATT HUNT spent his childhood in the historical county of Worcestershire, England. Starting out as a fine artist, he graduated from the Birmingham School of Art and, from these roots, developed a love for children’s illustration. Matt now lives in Redditch, in northeast England, with his wife and two cats, and keeps busy drawing from his humble little home studio. Visit him at matthuntillustration.com.