Nelson Rodríguez

Nelson Rodríguez is a children's writer, music teacher, and performer, and the director of JustWorld International's Asociación Compartir mobile library project. Through a chain of serendipitous events, he met children's bookseller L.A. Montes and began collaborating with him on children's stories. Colorful Mondays is their English-language debut.

Rosana Faría and Carla Tabora began illustrating projects together in 2020. Carla is a Brazilian visual artist and photographer whose work has been exhibited across the world. Rosana is a Venezuelan professor and illustrator whose The Black Book of Colors (Groundwood) was a 2008 New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Both Carla and Rosana are based in Barcelona, Spain. Follow their studio Tiliabooks on Instagram @tiliabooks and visit their website at tiliabooksesp.myportfolio.com.

Lawrence Schimel has written or translated over 200 books, including Niños, Different, and 9 Kilometers (all Eerdmans). His works have received many awards, including a PEN Translates Award and the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Honor. Lawrence lives in Madrid, Spain. Follow him on Twitter @lawrenceschimel.