Christine Baranski, a two-time Tony(r), Emmy(r), and Screen Actors Guild award winner, has starred in such films as The Birdcage, Bowfinger, and Reversal of Fortune; her role in Cybill won an additional three Emmy(r) and three Golden Globe nominations; her fifth Emmy(r) nomination came for her guest role on Frasier.

Gene Hackman has always had a yearning to write. Growing up in Danville, Illinois, he spent time at his grandfather s small newspaper office and accompanied his uncle, a reporter, on assignments. After service in the Marines, Gene began his acting career in the theater, then went on to star in such movies as Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, The Conversation, and Unforgiven. He is the winner of two Academy Awards(r).

Ray Romano is a comedian and Emmy Award -- winning star of the top-rated CBS television program "Everybody Loves Raymond." This is Ray's first book for children, and he's written it with his two brothers, Richard, a retired New York police sergeant, and Robert, a New York City school teacher.