Since Brynne Barnes was a child, she was determined to fly; reading and writing has always made her feel like she could. In classrooms all over the country?and the world?she likes to remind young readers that they, too, have wings. Her debut book, Colors of Me, is a 2012 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award winner, a 2012 Friends of American Writers Literary Award winner, and an award-winning finalist in the hardcover fiction category of the 2011 Best Books Awards sponsored by USA Book News. Her book Black Boy, Rise! received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. Brynne is also the author of Books Do Not Have Wings, When I See You, and Color Me a World.

Ashleigh Corrin is an award-winning children's book illustrator. Her debut, Layla's Happiness, written by Mariahdessa Ekere Tallie, received the 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award, as well as the Writer Honor. She also illustrated The River Is My Ocean by Rio Cortez and Color Me a World by Brynne Barnes. Her appreciation for philanthropic work and acts of service shaped her dream of creating art to uplift and inspire youth and the young at heart. Ashleigh lives in Virginia with her daughter and husband. More of her work can be viewed at AshleighCorrin.com or on Instagram @Ashleigh_Corrin.