Rosanne L. Kurstedt, PhD has been an educator for over twenty years, supporting learners of all ages. She is the author of several books for teachers, including Teaching Writing with Picture Books as Models and a series entitled 100+ Growth Mindset Comments. She is also the founder of The Author Experience, a 501(c)(3) organization committed to the transformative power of sharing stories. Her first children's book, Karate Kid (Running Press Kids), was released in 2019. And I Think About You is her second book. Rosanne lives in New Jersey with her family, including their dog Dorothy (who looks just like Toto).
Ya-Ling Huang was born in Taiwan and received her master's degree in children's book illustration in the U.K., where she now makes her home. Ya-Ling writes and illustrates her own stories, and illustrates other picture books, young adult novels and magazines. When she was seven, Ya-Ling decided she wanted to be a storyteller, and she has been creating stories and comics ever since. In 2016, her work was shortlisted for the Bologna International Award for Illustration, highly commended for the Macmillan Prize and awarded second place in Poland's Katowice "A Well Designed Book" competition.