Ross, Adam: - Adam Ross started First Fantasy Books, and FirstFantasyBooks.com, to provide engaging reading material for beginning English readers and English Language Learners. These books are truly a labor of love, and a product of his training and years of experience as a Masters level educator. He believes, "The key to loving reading, is finding yourself in the stories," and so he's on a mission to bring more imaginative and inclusive reading for beginning English readers.

Thomas, Susan: - Susan Thomas, based in Limerick, Ireland, has been drawing and illustrating throughout her life, specializing in pencil sketches and mixed media. During her childhood, her love of fantasy kept her with her nose in a book or with a pencil in hand, trying to capture images to match the wonderful words of the writers she admired. After working in the field of education for many years, particularly in ESL and with differently abled children, she is passionate about the role of creativity and imagination in the classroom.