Nancy Furstinger is the author of nearly 100 books, including another Gryphon title Maggie's Second Chance. She started her writing career in third grade, when a play she wrote was performed by her class. Since then, Nancy has been a feature writer for a daily newspaper, a managing editor of trade and consumer magazines, and an editor at two children's book publishing houses. She shares her home with rescued dogs and house rabbits(including Marshmallow--the real forgotten rabbit), and volunteers and fosters pets for several animal organizations.

Nancy Lane has blended her passions for animals, children, drawing and reading into a career as a picture book illustrator. She has illustrated 27 books in 25 years, including the Gryphon titles A Home for Dakota, Call the Horse Lucky, and KoKoCat, Inside and Out. She enjoys painting outdoors and teaching art workshops. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Maryland Institute, College of Art. She is the mother of two grown children, and lives with her writer-husband and two rescued German Shepherds in a log home nestled in the wooded hills of New York's Finger Lakes region.