Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle is a lover of books. Her nose was always in a book when she was younger. She still loves to read, when she gets the chance, and she also loves to write. She has co-authored a textbook on early childhood education and one about child development careers. "LaDonna Plays Hoops" was her first book of fiction. It was a finalist in the American Fiction Awards of 2019. This picture book, LaDonna's Easter in Paris, is her second. For her day job, she is a professor of child development. Kimberly is also a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She is also a loving wife to her husband and a loving mother to her son. She currently lives in the NorCal area of California. She has a BA in Psychology and Music and a Ph.D. in Child and Adolescent Development. She won one of the Stanford University GSE Alumni Awards in 2018. She also won the University of Redlands Alumni Career Achievement Award in 2019. Heath James Gray was born in West Auckland, New Zealand. Heath Gray has always had a great passion for illustration from the time he could pick up a pencil. He started out as a signwriter from the age of fifteen. Attended a graphic design course at Auckland University of Technology, AUT. Heath worked as a 2d character animator for eight years, where he trained under a Disney animator, John Ewing. Here he worked on television shows for Disney and Warner Bros. Heath Gray also worked on many New Zealand TV series, and commercials. And directed two of these TV commercials. Heath has dedicated his life to illustration and specializes in children's book, and cartoon illustrations. There is nothing else Heath Gray would rather do than illustration, except perhaps to travel around the world in a hot air balloon.