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Nina Randall lives on Water Island in the US Virgin Islands with her sister Grace and her dogs, Beatrice and Blitzen. She also has two cats, Artemis and Apollo, and four rabbits. She is 13 years old (October 2, 2002) and goes to the seventh grade at Antilles School. This is her first book, but not the last. Allison Simler is an artist and a scientist. She received a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from Duke University and is currently a Ph.D. student in Ecology at the University of California, Davis. There, she researches the impacts of wildfire and plant diseases on coastal redwood forests in Big Sur, CA, which gives her a chance to hike and live among the biggest trees in the world each summer. She is passionate about exploring the natural world and using art as a unique vehicle for communicating ecological topics to broader audiences, beyond the scientific community.