Lisa Bullard is the award-winning author of more than 60 books for children, including You Can Write a Story: A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids. She teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center and regularly visits schools to talk with students about story-writing. Miki Sakamoto studied fine arts and illustration at California State University in Long Beach. She is the illustrator of several picture books for children. She and her husband Kevin and energetic four-legged fur ball Bella live in California.