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Mary Rhee is a preacher’s kid from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Some of her best childhood memories are of her dad reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to her and her brothers. She has always enjoyed books for young people, and she likes to write humorous children’s stories with a gentle moral. She is the author of Egbert Tells the Teacher, Elwood Doberman, Jr., and The Prince of Twindleland.

Mary and her husband live in the historic town of Northville, Michigan. They have four grown children, two sons-in-law, a daughter-in-law, eight grandchildren, a dog, three granddogs, and a grandcat.

Elisa Chavarri is an illustrator from Alpena, Michigan, who on most days can be found working from her studio in her home which she shares with her husband, Matt, her cat and dog, Sgt. Tibbs and Pancho, her daughter Lucia, and her soon-to-arrive baby.
She has previously illustrated A Smart Girl’s Guide: Boys and Puzzle Palooza for American Girl, Fairly Fairy Tales for Simon & Schuster, and Fly Blanky Fly for Harper Collins. Elisa is a native of Peru.