Elizabeth Brown is a children’s writer, film producer, and teacher with a passion for social justice. Her previous picture books include Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler, which was a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year, and Like A Diamond in the Sky: Jane Taylor’s Beloved Poem of Wonder and the Stars, which was Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year. She lives in Chicago, IL.

Melissa Castrillón is an English-Colombian illustrator based in the southeast of England. She has illustrated more than ten picture books, which have been translated into more than twenty languages around the world. Her book The Balcony was awarded the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators and was selected as a New York Times Notable Picture Book.