Audrey Vernick is the author of over twenty books for young readers, including Unlike Other Monsters, Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?, First Grade Dropout, and Scarlet's Tale, as well as Bob, Not Bob! and Dear Substitute, which she cowrote with Liz Garton Scanlon. She received a 2019 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. When she feels drippy and gross, she likes to snuggle with her dog, who is not named Bob. Audrey writes from her home near the ocean, and you can find her online at www.audreyvernick.com.

Colin Jack is a story artist at Dreamworks Animation and has illustrated several children's book including Toads on Toast, winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year from the Bank Street Children's Book Committee, 1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman, and If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur, by Linda Bailey.