David Darst is an author, financier and trialthlete. He gleefully remembers being flim-flamed by his coauthor when she was a girl.Elizabeth Darst has met her flim-flam match in Flora! Her husband Charlie and her three children are all flim-flam maestros!Illustrator and designer Nicole Alesi's whimsical and retro-inspired illustrations joyfully invigorate books, magazines and greeting cards. She lives in New York City with her husband Joseph, their son John and their little French bulldog Rocco.