CHRISTINE SIMMONS

ANDREA DAVIS PINKNEY is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for children and young adults, including Bird in a Box and several collaborations with her husband, Brian Pinkney, among them Sit-In, Martin & Mahalia, and Hand in Hand, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. She lives with her family in New York City.

GARY SPECTOR

SHANE W. EVANS is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, which won the Coretta Scott King Award, and Nobody Gonna Turn Me ’Round, which was nominated for the NAACP Image Award. His website is ShaneEvans.com.