Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan is an author and science educator. She is the author of several science fiction and nonfiction pieces for magazines, including
Highlights for Children and
Muse. For many years, she taught science and technology as an educator for Carnegie Science Center. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Micah Rauch is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator from the beautiful state of Montana. He received a BFA in graphic design from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, and is the illustrator of
Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel; Fairground Physics: Motion, Momentum, and Magnets; and
Kitchen Chemistry: Cool Crystals, Rockin' Reactions, and Magical Mixtures.