Big or Little?

Fonda Bell Miller was born in Greenville, North Carolina. She has degrees in elementary education and reading education and is a former Reading Recovery teacher. After teaching for 18 years, Fonda decided to become a full-time writer. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, their daughter, and four pets, which include one dog, two cats, and a bird.

Shadra Strickland is the illustrator of several children's books including Lee & Low's Bird, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustration. Along with illustrating and writing stories, Strickland loves to make drawings during her travels around the country and the world. She lives in Baltimore, where she also teaches illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. Her website is jumpin.shadrastrickland.com.