Vicki Johnson was born and raised in rural Georgia, where she spent a lot of time on her Granny's porch swing, reading all day long (seriously, all day long!), and visiting the library as often as possible. She loves school and was educated as a first-generation student at Smith College, University of Sussex, and Emory Law School. Vicki is now pursuing her MFA in writing for children & young adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in a two-hundred-year-old log cabin in West Virginia with her teen daughter, three cats, and two dogs.
Gillian Reid is a British artist born in Northern Ireland, where she grew up drawing Disney characters from paused videotapes. Through school, she never put her pencil down, and in 2008 she graduated from university with a degree in animation production. Since then she has been working as a character designer for TV, film, and commercials. Now she is bringing her designs from the screen to books! She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her cat, Frank, and her human, Matt. When she's not illustrating, she enjoys doing ALL the crafts, watching ALL the movies, and if time allows, playing Super Nintendo.