JULIE BUXBAUM is the 
New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novels 
Tell Me Three Things, 
What to Say Next, 
Hope and Other Punch Lines, and 
Admission. She also wrote the critically acclaimed 
The Opposite of Love and 
After You. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. She frequently has UFOs (Unidentified Food Objects) all over her shirt. 
LAVANYA NAIDU is a children's book illustrator and animator, born and raised in Kolkata. A graduate of the National Institute of Design, she has worked on numerous children's books as well as animation projects. She currently lives in Melbourne and recently completed her role as the head of design on the animated kids series 
The Strange Chores (season 2) at 12field Animation. In her spare time, Lavanya enjoys collecting dinosaur models and befriending dogs.