John Speirs is the creator of the Best Holiday Hunt Ever series, which also includes The Best Christmas Hunt Ever and The Best Easter Hunt Ever. He has also illustrated several readers for Scholastic, including Magic School Bus chapter books and Black Beauty. He resides in Surrey, England. Eva Moore has been writing and editing children's books for more than forty years. She is the beloved author of many popular books, and lives in Montauk, New York. Joanna Cole has been creating books about the Magic School Bus for more than twenty years. She is a recipient of many awards, most recently the National Endowment for the Arts Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education. She lives in Key West, with her husband.