Naomi Shihab Nye is an award-winning writer and editor whose work has appeared widely. She edited the ALA Notable international poetry collection,
This Same Sky, and
The Tree Is Older Than You Are: Poems and Paintings from Mexico, as well as
The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East. Her books of poems include
Fuel,
Red Suitcase, and
Words Under the Words. A Guggenheim fellow, she is also the author of the young adult novel
Habibi, which was named an ALA Notable Book, a Best Book for Young Adults, and winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as well as the Book Publishers of Texas award from the Texas Institute of Letters. Naomi lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, Michael, and their son, Madison.
Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt,
Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine,
Fannie in the Kitchen, and
Loud Emily, among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at NancyCarpenter.website.
