Leisa Stewart-Sharpe is a trained journalist turned children’s book author who writes stunning nonfiction picture books. Her Australian childhood inspired her love for the natural world and the stories of its strange and wonderful creatures. She is the author of nonfiction picture books Our Blue Planet, which has been translated into several languages around the world, and Our Frozen Planet.

Emily Dove is an illustrator and author who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where the winding rivers and fall foliage never cease to inspire her. As a certified naturalist, she uses illustration as a tool to educate and inspire others about the natural world. She wrote and illustrated Wendell the Narwhal and illustrated Spencer and Vincent, the Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston and Our Blue Planet by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe.