About Avi
Avi is the author of
more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery
medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Along with his two Newbery Honors, he has won many other awards for his
fiction. He lives with his family in Denver.
About George Guidall
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.