Mac Barnett is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole , Extra Yarn , and the Mac B., Kid Spy series. His books have won numerous prizes, including three E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, two Caldecott Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Mac lives in Oakland, California. Author Residence- Oakland, California Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator, and printmaker. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed , won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, and his book Good Night Owl was a Geisel Honor Book.

His Viking nonfiction picture book Tricky Vic was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015. He lives in Philadelphia. Illustrator Residence- Philadelphia, PA.