Judy Cox is an elementary school teacher and the author of picture books and fiction for young readers. She received an Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award for children for One is a Feast for Mouse, the first book about Mouse. School Library Journal called her Go to Sleep, Groundhog! "irresistible," while Booklist praised it as "charming." She lives with her family in Oregon. Jeffrey Ebbeler has worked as an art director, book designer, and illustrator. School Library Journal called his illustrations for Punxsutawney Phyllis by Susanna Leonard Hill "exuberant . . . rustic [and] cozy," and Booklist claimed his artwork was "the main attraction." He lives with his family in Chicago, where he also plays the trumpet and drums in local bands.