Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author and poet, wrote numerous poems, plays, stories and travel essays, but is best known for his fairy tales. He wrote over one hundred and fifty, published in numerous collections during his life, and many still in print today.

Thomas Aquinas Maguire graduated with a BFA in Industrial Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology after completing two toy design internships with Fisher-Price. He traveled to Denmark to continue designing toys with the LEGO Company. Denmark, full of quiet and nighttime hours, was the perfect place to create his first picture book, A Growling Place. Thomas currently lives in New York with his wife Emily who also walks in the world of children.