SHARON MENTYKA is a writer, designer, and teacher whose stories grow from small kernels of truth and explore common themes: fairness, transitions, and the complicated path to finding your own voice. Her middle-grade novel
Chasing at the Surface was named the 2016 children's winner of the National Outdoor Book Award.
After graduating from ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, VIVIEN MILDENBEGER packed up her pencils and moved to a lovely farm just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. There she works on her illustrations, pottery, and other general magic-making. She loves illustrating for children most of all. Vivien is also an avid bread baker and shares her farm adventures with her fiance, two cats, and dog, Peter. Her work has been featured by publications such as New American Paintings and American Illustration. Publishing clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, QuartoKids, Little Bee, Penguin and Macmillan/Henry Holt.