Kristen Tracy grew up in a tiny town in Idaho near Yellowstone Park surrounded by untamed and fascinating animals. She is a poet and YA author and has recently started writing picture books. Her debut picture book A Cub Story was published in 2021. Kristen Tracy young adult novels include
Lost It,
Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus,
Hung Up, and
Project Unpopular. She won the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation for her collection
Half-Hazard.
Luisa Uribe is the illustrator of
Areli is a Dreamer, which was named a best book of the year from
Kirkus, NYPL and Booklist, and My Brother is Away that received three starred reviews and was a Charlotte Huck honor book and a Charlotte Zolotow honor book. She lives in Bogotá, Colombia, with her partner and two cats.