Hugh MacDonald is a poet, editor, author and was poet laureate for Prince Edward Island from January 2010 until December 2012. And the Stars Shall Fall is his 16th book. MacDonald was well known to Islanders as the P.E.I representative for Random Acts of Poetry which brought poetry to the streets and workplaces across Canada. He has received several awards including the L.M. Montgomery Children's Literature Award for Chung Lee loves lobsters .

He Lives in Brudenell, PEI. Anna Bald was born in Montague, PEI and lived in a little farmhouse there for three winters before her parents moved her to the southern shores of Nova Scotia. Anna has studied art and politics on both coasts of Canada, returning home to throw pots, paint pictures, tattoo sailors, and draw the world around her. Morgan's Boat Ride is her first book.