Nancy Furstinger is the author of nearly 100 books, including another Gryphon title Maggie’s Second Chance. She started her writing career in third grade, when a play she wrote was performed by her class. Since then, Nancy has been a feature writer for a daily newspaper, a managing editor of trade and consumer magazines, and an editor at two children’s book publishing houses. She shares her home with rescued dogs and house rabbits(including Marshmallow—the real forgotten rabbit), and volunteers and fosters pets for several animal organizations.

Nancy Lane has blended her passions for animals, children, drawing and reading into a career as a picture book illustrator. She has illustrated 27 books in 25 years, including the Gryphon titles A Home for Dakota, Call the Horse Lucky, and KoKoCat, Inside and Out. She enjoys painting outdoors and teaching art workshops. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Maryland Institute, College of Art. She is the mother of two grown children, and lives with her writer-husband and two rescued German Shepherds in a log home nestled in the wooded hills of New York’s Finger Lakes region.