Jill Biden, wife of President Joe Biden and First Lady of the United States, is the
New York Times bestselling author of
Where the Light Enters and her children's books
Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops and
Joey: The Story of Joe Biden. She teaches English as a community college professor and served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. During the Obama-Biden administration and now as First Lady, she advocates for military families, community colleges, the fight against cancer, and women's health research. A mother of three and grandmother of seven, she and her husband live in Wilmington, Delaware, and Washington, DC.
Kate Berube is the author-illustrator of
Mae's First Day of School and
Hannah and Sugar, which won the Marion Vannett Ridgway Award and the Oregon Book Award for Children's Literature and was shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize. She is the illustrator of
John's Turn, written by Mac Barnett, which won the Irma Black Silver Medal, and
The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read, written by Curtis Manley, which won a CLEL Bell Award and was a
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Kate Berube lives in Oregon with her family.