Dave Paddon was born and raised in Northwest River, Labrador. He is a crowd favourite at storytelling and ballad-singing events in St. John’s, has performed at festivals and concerts across the island and on the mainland, and as a guide and storyteller for Adventure Canada cruises to the North. Dave has written numerous recitations; five of them – The Card Game, Berries, The 12, Not a Word of a Lie, and The Christmas Turr – have been published by Running the Goat as letterpress-printed chapbooks. Ralph, Flying Hound, his first book for children, was published in October 2016, and was included in the TD Summer Reading Club's Top 10 Recommended Reads (2017). A collection of thirteen of his recitations, Half the Lies You Tell Are Not True was published in the spring of 2018. A former commercial pilot, Dave divides his time between St. John’s and English Harbour.

Lily Snowden-Fine is an illustrator and multi-disciplinary artist living in Vancouver. Since studying at the Ontario College of Art and Design, she has illustrated three children’s books for Thames and Hudson Publishing, as well as illustrated for such clients as the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, and Soho House London. She also has two upcoming children’s book with Penguin Random House and Owl Kids.

"A rich and resonant tall tale that celebrates imagination even as it underscores enduring truths." -- Kirkus

"...a fun introduction to a long-standing tradition, written by one of Newfoundland and Labrador's foremost storytellers." -- Heather Camlot, in Quill & Quire