About Chris Barton
Chris Barton is the author of the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller Shark Vs. Train. It was a finalist for the 2011 Children’s Choice Book Awards and named one of the best books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Parents, The Washington Post, Barnes & Noble, and The Bank Street Children’s Book Committee. It was a Junior Library Guild selection, received a silver honor from the Parents’ Choice Awards, and has won statewide book awards in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Utah. Barton is also the author of the American Library Association Sibert Honor-winning The Day-Glo Brothers and Can I See Your ID? True Stories of False Identities. He is married to novelist, Jennifer Ziegler, and they live in Austin, Texas.
About JD Jackson
JD Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He is a classically trained actor, and his television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. He is the recipient of more than a dozen Earphones Awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri’s Ghetto Cowboy, and he was also named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013. An adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theater from Temple University.