Mark Holtzen

Mark Holtzen and his family live in Seattle. He teaches third grade and wrote and published The Pig War, a novel set in the San Juan Islands.

John Skewes is a professional illustrator living in Seattle. As the creator and illustrator of the award-winning Larry Gets Lost(R) children's book series, John has followed Larry from the southern tip of Texas to tiny Nome, Alaska, and has been lost several times himself.