Jacqueline Jules is the author of over two dozen books for children including the award-winning Zapato Power series and Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation. A former school librarian and teacher, Jacqueline enjoys visiting schools to share her passion for reading and writing. She is a word person, who loves rearranging words on the page, the same way people have fun fitting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together. She lives in Arlington, Va. Durga Yael Bernhard was raised in New York's Hudson Valley and began painting at the age of 13. Ms. Bernhard is the illustrator of numerous award-winning children's books, including fiction and non-fiction, natural science titles and multicultural folktales. Ms. Bernhard is also a children's teacher of Hebrew, Judaics, and illustration. She lives in the Catskill Mountains in New York.