Sandra Nickel is an award-winning author of picture books. She is honored to be the winner of a Christopher Award, a two-time winner of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Crystal Kite Award, a finalist for the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction for Younger Readers, a Junior Literary Guild Gold Selection honoree, and a Charlotte Huck Award recommended author. She holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults and has presented workshops on writing for children and young adults throughout Europe and the United States.  

Calvin Nicholls is an award-winning paper sculptor who began his training in the graphic design program of Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. His work as appeared at the Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin, in juried shows through the Society of Animal Artists, and in galleries throughout the United States and Canada. He created fifteen sculptures to illustrate Rafe Martin's The World Before This One, which Kirkus Reviews called "remarkable," but this is his first picture book. He lives with his family in Lindsay, Ontario.