Michelle Cusolito is the author of
A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone: Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea,
Diving Deep: Using Machines to Explore the Ocean, and
Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin, which also won the 2016 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. She has worked as a fourth grade teacher, a curriculum specialist, and an adjunct professor. She lives in Rochester, Massachusetts.
Ellen Rooney is an illustrator, designer, and artist. She loves graphic shapes, textured colour, creating an atmosphere, and telling a story with pictures. She is the illustrator of
The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell, The Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird, and
Her Fearless Run: Katharine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon. https: //ellenrooneydesign.com