Katie Sciurba is a graduate of the MFA program in writing for children at The New School. She currently lives in New York City, where she is pursuing a PhD in English education at New York University. This is her first book. Edel Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba. He is the illustrator of Mama Does the Mambo, by Katherine Leiner, and Float Like a Butterfly, by Ntozake Shange. Edel lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter.