Jennifer Rosner

JENNIFER ROSNER is the author of an adult memoir, If a Tree Falls, her story of raising two deaf daughters in a talking family and a hearing world. The Mitten String was inspired by the story of a deaf ancestor whom she discovered in the course of researching her family tree. She has written for The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, The Jewish Daily Forward, and other publications.

Jennifer lives in Western Massachusetts with her family. Visit her at
jennifer-rosner.com.

KRISTINA SWARNER is an award-winning illustrator of more than a dozen books, among them Gathering Sparks and The Bedtime Sh'ma, both of which won Sydney Taylor Book Awards.

Kristina lives in Chicago. Visit her at kristinaswarner.com.