Hathaway, Miriam: - Miriam Hathaway is an author and marketing expert in Olympia, Washington. Known for her loud laugh and cheerful spirit, she's also hardworking and smart--focusing her talents on marketing, publishing, and her family of two young children, incorrigible dog Kuma, and husband Lee.

Carlson, Emily: - Emily Carlson is a country girl at heart currently soaking up the city life in Seattle where she works as a graphic designer and illustrator for Compendium. If she could, she would spend all her days painting at her family's cabin on Flathead Lake in Montana. But for now, she can be found playing outside, getting lost in a good audiobook, or embarrassing her husband with her dancing happy feet.