Kobi Yamada is the creator of many inspiring books, including New York Times best-selling What Do You Do With… series and Because I Had a Teacher. He is also the president of Compendium, a company of amazing people doing amazing things. Kobi feels grateful to share his life with his loving family in the Pacific Northwest where he can look out and catch a glimpse of the marvellous every day.

Elise Hurst is an Australian fine artist, illustrator, and author, specializing in books for children. She recently illustrated The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, and Girl on Wire by Lucy Estela, which was short-listed for the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2019 Awards. She lives in a house full of books and paintings. From her studio, where black pens and oil paints spill across the desk, magical worlds leap into being. Like something out of Beatrix Potter or Narnia, her friends are rabbits and bears, lions and tigers -- and they all have a story to share.