Diana Cohn has worked on environmental, economic, and global justice issues as a teacher, a media activist, and an advisor, program officer, and executive director in philanthropic institutions. She is the award-winning author of seven children's books, including ¡Si Se Puede! / Yes We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A., The Bee Tree, and Crane Boy, all published by Cinco Puntos Press/Lee & Low Books. She lives with her husband on a houseboat in northern California.
Amy Córdova Boone is a fine artist who has illustrated multiple children's books and written some of her own. Córdova Boone also works as Art Director of an arts-based cross-curriculum elementary school. Originally from Wisconsin, Córdova Boone now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.