Sonya Hartnett is an internationally acclaimed author of many award-winning novels including Thursday’s Child, What the Birds See, Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost’s Child, Butterfly, and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Surrender. She was the winner of the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest award for lifetime achievement in children’s and youth literature. Sonya Hartnett lives in Australia.
Andrea Offermann is a fine artist and the illustrator of Boneshaker, by Kate Milford. She attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in Germany.