Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of
Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award;
Where I'd Like to Be;
The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and
The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away;
Chicken Boy;
Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series;
Falling In;
The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews;
Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal;
Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series;
The Class;
How to Build a Story; and, most recently,
Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.
Amy June Bates has illustrated books including the Sam the Man series;
Sweet Dreams and
That's What I'd Do, both by singer-songwriter Jewel; and
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. She is the author-illustrator of
The Big Umbrella, which
Booklist raved, "A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion." She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children.