Lisa Rogers is an elementary school librarian and former reporter and editor. She holds degrees from The College of William and Mary, Boston College, and Southern Connecticut State University. She is the author of 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and the Red Wheelbarrow, and received the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award. A native of the New Jersey shore, she lives in Massachusetts with her family and hound dog. Meg Ishihara works by day as an art director and designer at a publishing company, and by night as an illustrator, designing characters and environments mainly for film/commercials, publications, and products. When not drawing, you'll probably find her reading, watching movies, hanging out with friends, or out taking pictures. She lives in Japan.