Temperante, Drew: - Drew Temperante is a producer, songwriter, and performer specializing in hip-hop, pop, and American roots music. In 2007 he graduated from McNally Smith College of Music with a degree in music production. Drew has cultivated experiences ranging from live sound to radio, and he loves to create music to accompany films, puppet shows, and sing-a-long books.

O'Connor, Stephen: - Stephen O'Connor spent a lot of his childhood reading. He would read anything from cereal boxes to Agatha Christie. He has always loved reading mysteries and scary stories. Stephen began his career as an editor of children's books. Now he gets to write children's books! Aside from writing and reading, Stephen enjoys cooking, swimming and watching movies with his family.

Tempest, Annabel: - Annabel loves her job. Nothing makes her happier than making pictures and patterns, drawing characters, cutting, sticking and coloring in. She did her degree in Bristol back in the 90's and has since been illustrating everything from children's books and greeting cards to maps and packaging. She lives in deepest darkest Somerset in England with a house full of boys: a big one, some small ones, and a couple with waggy tails which is lots of muddy fun! She is bursting with ideas and gets very excited about working on new projects. She has a touch of the magpie about her and finds anything shiny almost irresistible. She isn't fond of a second class stamp or brushing her hair but loves a list and a second hand book shop.

Oblinger, Mark: - Mark Oblinger is an award-winning songwriter, composer, producer, and performer. He cowrote and produced the Grammy-nominated children's jazz symphony JumpinJazz Kids: A Swinging Jungle Tale and has won five Heartland Emmy Awards for his work as a composer/producer for the PBS children's show The Big Green Rabbit and the short films Yesterday's Zoo and The Sea I See. Find out more at http: //jumpinjazzkids.com/.

Koskinen, Erik: - Since moving to Minneapolis in 2009, Erik Koskinen has amassed a following as a musician, songwriter, producer, and engineer. With experience stemming from years of traveling north to south and coast to coast, Koskinen taps those adventures and encounters in music sprouted from a blend of American folk, country, rock-n-roll, and blues.