Cochran, Phyllis: - Phyllis Cochran began her writing career in 1991. She has written for Woman's World, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Grit, Focus on the Family and numerous magazines and anthologies. Her writers' group published A Patchwork Christmas in 2000. Phyllis memoir, Shades of Light, was published in 2006. After spending time caring for her granddaughters, Phyllis wrote stories relating to their lives. This is her first children's book.

Peoples, Jacqueline: - Jacqueline Peoples is primarily self-taught in illustration. For many years she has taught folk and decorative art. In edition she has designed for a national company using her drawings for stencil and theorem painting. This is Jacqueline's first experience illustrating a children's picture book and found it to be challenging and exciting. Phyllis and Jacqueline became classmates in seventh grade. Over the years, their lives had taken different paths, but they never lost touch. These two women's creativity brought them together to produce this picture book.