AndrewClementsistheauthoroftheenormouslypopularFRINDLE.HehasbeennominatedforamultitudeofstateawardsandhaswontheChristopherAwardandanEdgarAward.HispopularworksincludeEXTRACREDIT,LOSTANDFOUND,NOTALKING,ROOMONE,LUNCHMONEY,AWEEKINTHEWOODS,THEJACKET,THESCHOOLSTORY,THEJANITOR'SBOY,THELANDRYNEWS,THEREPORTCARDANDTHELASTHOLIDAYCONCERT.Mr.ClementstaughtinthepublicschoolsnearChicagoforsevenyearsbeforemovingEasttobeginacareerinpublishingandwriting.HeliveswithhiswifeincentralMassachusettsandhasfourgrownchildren.
BrianSelznickistheauthorandillustratorofthebestsellingTheInventionofHugoCabret,whichwasawardedtheCaldecottMedalandwasaNationalBookAwardfinalist.Heisalsotheillustratorofmanybooksforchildren,includingFrindleandLunchMoneybyAndrewClements,aswellastheDollPeopletrilogybyAnnM.MartinandLauraGodwin,andTheDinosaursofWaterhouseHawkinsbyBarbaraKerley,whichwasaCaldecottHonorBook.Mr.SelznickdivideshistimebetweenBrooklyn,NewYork,andSanDiego,California.