n Cortney Cino is the author of The Lights That Stay, Sincerely, Antonia, Finally Home, and the Piper's Adventures series. With a background in marketing, she now writes and publishes children's books full-time. Her experiences living in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; and Morehead City, NC, where her family was stationed with the military, have all influenced her writing.

Cortney currently lives with her husband and three daughters in Northern California. For more information, visit www.whimspirebooks.com. n n Tim Deberd lives in Uzbekistan and works with publishers around the world. He loved drawing throughout his childhood and started attending art school at seven, where he gained extensive knowledge in fine arts.

After graduating high school, Tim entered Uzbekistan's only art college. He finds it fascinating to bring words to life in illustrations. n n n