John Sullivan received the Ezra Jack Keats Award and Margaret Wise Brown Prize for his debut picture book
Kitten and the Night Watchman, also named a best book of the year by
The Boston Globe,
Kirkus Reviews,
Publishers Weekly, and
BookPage. He is also the author of
Ethan and the Strays and
Stanley's Secret. John is a cat lover and tap dancer who formerly worked as a night watchman. He lives in Chicago. Visit John at JohnSullivanKidBooks.com.
Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator who currently lives in beautiful New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and more pets than people. He has illustrated many books for young people that earned multiple starred reviews and positions on the
New York Times bestseller list including
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali,
In My Mosque by M. O. Yuksel, the Newbery Honor winner
The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz, The Unicorn Rescue Society series also by Adam Gidwitz with several amazing coauthors,
Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi,
Raj's Rule (for the Bathroom at School) with Lana Button,
How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller, and
Ethan and the Strays by John Sullivan. He has more upcoming books and projects in the works. You can find him online @MetaHatem or MetaHatem.com.
