Author Christina Wolff worked as an elementary school teacher before starting her own business as an author. When she's not writing books, she likes to rearrange her apartment, browse her favorite bookstore, and eat lots of cheesecake. She lives in Hanover with her family and a cheeky little dog lady. Illustrator Florentine Prechtel spent her childhood on the seven seas. Since studying graphic design and painting, she has been illustrating children's books. In doing so, she loves to try out new techniques again and again. The illustrator lives with her family in Freiburg, Germany. Translator Claire Storey translates from German and Spanish into English and is co-editor of the blog at World Kid Lit.

Claire regularly volunteers in schools talking about careers with languages. She loves bright colors and shares her workspace with her three noisy guinea pigs who are slowly trying to take over the office.