Susan Tan has lived many places in her life, but calls Concord, Massachusetts, home. she grew up in a mixed-race family, and, like Cilla Lee-Jenkins, was bald until the age of five. She earned degrees from Williams College and the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. She currently lives in Somerville, enjoys frequent trips to Chinatown to eat tzuck sang, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Susan Tan has also written Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is a Classic.

Dana Wulfekotte is a children's book author, illustrator, andanimator. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Queenswith her boyfriend and two rabbits (whom she now regrets not naming Supernova and Sparkledust).
Dana's artwork can be seen in books like The Remember Balloons, Rabbit & Possum & Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is A Classic.