Arun Narayanan is a screenwriter born and raised in the Connecticut suburbs and currently based in Hollywood, California. He is an alum of the Universal Writers Lab and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He's also the creator and star of the Webby and YouTube Streamy award-nominated digital series Arun Considers; a producer and video editor who has worked on independent feature films, shorts, music videos, corporate videos, and branded content; and he has played a significant role in metadata research & development at The Walt Disney Company and Netflix. Saving Santa is his debut work as an author, written in conjunction with a spec feature film script.

Jessica’s career began with cartooning for her college newspapers, gaining recognition for her political cartoons and comic strips through the Young Journalism Awards. Jessica soon moved on to illustrating children's books, her first one being a Christmas-themed story. She has continued illustrating picture books for over 15 years and has had the pleasure of working with a variety of publishers including Scholastic, Chronicle Books, HarperCollins, Heinemann, and many others. She is also honored to have illustrated Hammer & Nails (published by Flashlight Press), an award-winning, starred Kirkus-reviewed children’s book. Jessica’s versatile art career continues to evolve, adding botanical illustration and pattern design to her repertoire. Her wallpaper designs are currently showcased on her website and through Robin Sprong Wallpaper.