Aisha Saeed (AishaSaeed.com) also wrote the picture books Zuni and the Memory Jar, Bilal Cooks Daal, and The Together Tree, and her novels include the New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Omar Rising, Hafsa's Way, and Written in the Stars. As one of the founding members of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books, she is helping change the conversation about representation in literature. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ebony Glenn (EbonyGlenn.com) has illustrated numerous picture books, including Mommy Time (by Monique James-Duncan), Sir Morien (by Holly Black and Kaliis Smith), Twelve Dinging Doorbells (by Tameka Fryer Brown), Cats Can (by Roseanne Greenfield Thong), Strut, Baby, Strut (by Amika Kroll), Red Shoes (by Karen English), Speak Up (by Miranda Paul), Flying High and Brave Ballerina (both by Michelle Meadows), Not Quite Snow White (by Ashley Franklin), and Mommy's Khimar (by Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow). She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.