Barbara Carroll Roberts is the author of a middle-grade novel Nikki on the Line and lives in Virginia, USA, with her husband, two cats, and one very goofy dog.
Bagram Ibatoulline has illustrated many acclaimed books for children, including Sea Glass Summer by Michelle Houts; The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman; On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Great Joy, both by Kate DiCamillo; and The Serpent Came to Gloucester by M. T. Anderson. Bagram Ibatoulline lives in New York, USA.