Jon Scieszka is the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in the USA, named by the Library of Congress. He is the author of some of the best known and funniest books written for children and is the creator of the Trucktown series. Jon is a former school teacher and an avid promoter of literacy - particularly for boys. His website www.guyssread.com focuses on his national campaign. Jon lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY. Francesco Sedita studied writing at the Gallatin School of New York University. While at Gallatin, he was a Writing Fellow for Saturday Night Live and upon graduation he wrote and directed a show that ran Off-Off-Broadway for 5 years. Francesco is currently the Creative Director at Scholastic USA and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Shane Prigmore is currently a development and story artist at Dreamworks Feature Animation and he was a principle character designer on the stop motion feature CORALINE. Shane lives in California.