Linda Harkey, a former teacher, has been an enthusiastic hunting dog owner for over thirty years. She has been involved as a docent at local museums with the writing of curricula for children's programs. She is also the author of The Budding Staff and Hickory Doc's Tales. She has two children and three grandchildren and lives with her husband, Mike, on Ocate Mesa outside of Angel Fire, New Mexico.

Illustrator Mike Minick has been drawing ever since he was a young pup. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor of fine arts degree and currently owns a creative studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he lives with his wife, Joey, and their kids.