A. E. Cannon, formerly a writer for the Deseret News, is a columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune and an author of many children's books. Some of her titles are Sophie's Fish, What's A Mother To Do?, On the Go with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe, and the novel The Loser's Guide to Love and Life. Cannon teaches creative writing at King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City and works with the Utah Humanities Council. She has five sons, two granddaughters, one husband, and a huge number of pets.
Lee White is an illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. In addition to illustrating children's books, he has also done commercial work for Marks & Spencer, Amazon, Laika, United Airlines, Verizon, Disney, and National Geographic. He also teaches all of his watercolor secrets through the Society of Visual Storytelling, an online art school for artists of all skill levels. Lee White graduated with honors from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and earned his MFA in illustration, also with honors, from the University of Hartford in Connecticut.