HOLLY GRANT likes to dream about magic hiding in birthday candles and silver snow globes and golden keyholes and peculiarful books squirreled away in forgotten nooks and crannies. Her lifelong hope is to discover a secret door that opens upon a mysterious and wonderful place. In the meantime, she lives in Colorado and writes stories for children like you. Visit Holly and the Beastly Dreadfuls at BeastlyDreadfuls.​com.

JOSIE PORTILLO was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she works as a freelance illustrator. She did not attend the Pettifog Academy for Impressionable Young Minds. She draws inspiration from mid-century design, vintage children’s animation, and her surroundings (fortunately, she does not live underground). When she’s not illustrating, she can be found spending time with her two dogs (she does not own an electric eel) and playing soccer (though she hears rowing a gondola is also excellent exercise).