Tommy Greenwald is the author of many books for children, including the Charlie Joe Jackson series and the Crimebiters! series. He did indeed go ice-fishing once, with his young son Joe. The only thing they caught were colds. David McPhail published his first children's book, The Bear's Toothache, in 1972. Since then, he has written and/or illustrated more than fifty books including No! and The Abandoned Lighthouse, published by Roaring Brook Press. He lives in New Hampshire.