Edith Hope Fine is a full-time writer of children's books and stories. Fine's Under the Lemon Moon, published by Lee & Low Books, was a Parents' Choice Award Honor book. Fine lives in Encinitas, California. To find out more, visit Edith Hope Fine's Web site at edithfine.com. Along with co-author Judith Pinkerton Josephson, they have set up a special Web site called bluetarpschool.com for the Lee & Low Books title Armando and the Blue Tarp School.

Judy Sakaguchi was born in Japan and graduated from California State University at San Jose. She had an early interest in art, which was nurtured by her mother, who is also an artist. Judy herself is now a full-time artist. She lives in San Francisco, California, with her husband and their three cats, Bonnie, B.T., and Timmy.