Alan Katz (Rose Horowitz’s husband!) is the author of more than 50 highly acclaimed children’s books, including?Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs,?Got Your Nose!, OOPS, Zooloween, The Funniest Joke Book Ever for Kids, and the New York Times bestseller Misty the Cloud: A Very Stormy Day (written with the Today Show’s Dylan Dreyer). Alan is also a six-time Emmy-nominated writer for TV series including The Rosie O’Donnell Show, the Grammy Awards and the Tony Awards, animated shows including Taz-Mania, Pinkalicious and Goof Troop, numerous trading card sets, theme park shows, and network specials. Visit him online at AlanKatzBooks.com.

Sernur Isik is an Istanbul-based illustrator and designer specializing in children’s books and all things lovely. She studied graphic design at Atatürk University of Fine Arts then worked as an illustrator for a children’s television company in Istanbul and as visual art director and character designer at a theme park. Sernur works with several different publishers creating works for children’s books and other children’s media. She also designs little sculptures using clay and ceramics that are included in exhibitions throughout the United States. Sernur loves traveling around the world and creating new stories and characters inspired by places she’s visited.