Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels RimaтАЩs Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpr├й Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
Ra├║l Col├│n has illustrated several highly acclaimed picture books including the New York Times bestselling Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt and Susanna ReichтАЩs Jos├й! Born to Dance, which received a starred review in Booklist. Mr. Col├│n lived in Puerto Rico as a young boy and now resides in New City, New York, with his family.