About the Author

CANDICE RANSOM, who has only ever wanted to be a children's book writer, has published 125 award-winning books for kids and young adults. She teaches in the children's literature program at Hollins University. Candice lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with her husband and her cat, Atticus. Visit her on the Web at candiceransom.com.

MONIQUE DONG has always been drawn to illustration. At the age of 19 she headed off to Cape Town, South Africa, where she studied animation at City Varsity. She then began work at one of South Africa's only animation companies at the time, Clockwork Zoo, and animated for Disney Channel's Florrie's Dragons. She married her husband in 2011 and shortly thereafter moved to China, where they live now. Visit her on the Web at moniquedong.tumblr.com.