When acclaimed author Marcia Vaughan was a young girl, she loved telling wild stories to her friends. As a graduate of Washington State University, she began her career as a librarian and was soon writing books herself. Now she is the author of over 100 books for children, including the timeless 1986 treasure Wombat Stew, Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest, Kissing Coyotes, and Five Pesky Pumpkins. She lives in Tacoma, Washington. Artist Bill Farnsworth is an award-winning artist and illustrator whose work has been seen in galleries, on book covers and magazines, and children's books starting in the 1980s. He has illustrated over 75 books for children over the past four decades, including books Kaya: 1764 (for the Amercian Girl brand) and The Adventures of Vin Fin (with author Clive Cussler). He is a graduate of Ringling School of Art and Design, and a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York. Bill has done painstaking research to make Abbie historically accurate. He lives in Venice, Florida.