Ellen Potter is the author of books including "The Kneebone Boy", "Slob", "Pish Posh", and "Olivia Kidney". With Anne Mazer she is also the author of "Spilling Ink: A Young Writer s Handbook". Potter grew up in a high-rise apartment building in New York City s Upper West Side, where she exercised her early creativity by making up stories about the neighbors she saw on the elevator. When she was 11 years old, she realized all the best books were written for people her age, and so she decided to become a children s book author. She studied creative writing at Binghamton University, and then worked many different jobs while continuing to write. She was a dog groomer, construction worker, art teacher, and waitress. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, son and a motley assortment of badly behaved animals.

Qin Leng was born in Shanghai, and lived in France and Montreal. She now lives and works as a designer and illustrator in Toronto. To learn more, visit qinleng.tumblr.com

Tavia Gilbert is an Earphones and Parents' Choice Award-winning producer, writer, narrator, and a multiple Audie Award nominee. School Library Journal has called the performances of this highly acclaimed actress "as close as you can get to a full-cast narration with a solo voice." She has narrated more than two hundred multicast and solo-voice audiobooks and has appeared on stage and in film.