Eve Bunting is the author of the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night. Among her other numerous titles are My Special Day at Third Street School, Girls A to Z, and My Backpack. She lives in Pasadena, California.
Kay Life has illustrated more than fifteen books for children, including Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary, for which Ms. Life received the Garden State Children's Book Award. She lives in Westfield, Massachusetts.