About the Authors
Peter H. Reynolds is the bestselling author and illustrator of I’m Here, The Dot, and Ish; and illustrator for the #1 New York Times bestseller Someday by Alison McGhee. He is also the illustrator of Going Places, Little Boy, Charlie and Kiwi,
and the Judy Moody series. He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he
is co-owner of the Blue Bunny bookstore.
Susan Verde earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s in reading remediation before becoming an elementary school teacher at
a private school in Bridgehampton. She has also participated in the Southampton
Children’s Literature Conference at Stonybrook University. She currently lives
in East Hampton, New York, amidst an explosion of Legos, art supplies, and
picture books with her twin boys Joshua and Gabriel and her daughter Sophia.
They are the constant inspiration for her writing.
About Elizabeth Cottle
Elizabeth Cottle
is an actress, singer, and theater director based in Northwest Ohio. She earned
a BFA in communication arts and musical theater from Ohio Northern University,
where she received an Irene Ryan Nomination. She is a veteran of more than
thirty community theater productions and was recognized for Excellence in
Acting by the Ohio Community Theatre Association. In addition to her theater
background, Cottle has a wide variety of performing experience, from serving
as lead vocalist with a jazz orchestra, to filming commercials, to doing improvised sketch comedy.