Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections and poetic biographies, including Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, Sugar Hill: Harlem&;s Historic Neighborhood, and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. She lives in North Carolina. Sarah Green is a California born-and-based illustrator. This is her first solo book but not her first foray into children's books. She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated in 2014.