Laurenne Sala

Laurenne Sala is a children's books author, storyteller, and poet. Her picture books include You Made Me a Mother, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, and You Made Me a Dad, illustrated by Mike Malbrough. Laurenne Sala lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles.

Zara González Hoang is a children's author and illustrator. She's the creator of the picture book A New Kind of Wild and also illustrated the picture book Thread of Love by Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal. About Mi Casa Is My Home, she says, "Drawing Lucía's casa was like drawing my childhood--full of family, fiestas, and food!" Zara González Hoang lives with her family outside of Washington, DC.