Chloe Ito Ward is the author of Made for More, Love Grows Here, Chopsticks Are, All the Ways We Learn, and My Mind Is an Ocean. She spent a decade teaching kindergarten, where she discovered her passion for picture books. She divides her time between the Pacific Northwest and Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i. When she isn’t perfecting her ramen recipe, you can find her rock climbing or racing her husband, son, and their imaginary dog, Miso, across Kalapaki Beach. Visit her at ChloeItoWard.com.

Wastana Haikal is the illustrator of Street Puppy, Masjid Cat; My Mind Is an Ocean; and the Zara’s Rules middle grade series. He is a visual artist based in Bandung, Indonesia, who decided to become a full-time illustrator after graduating in visual communication design from the Bandung Institute of Technology. He loves to tell a story, and he is always creating story-driven works, from fantasy themed to slices of life with vibrant and eclectic elements. Life inspires him.