B. Traven is the internationally known author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Death Ship, The Bridge in the Jungle and other novels. He personally directed the preparation of the first English edition of The Creation of the Sun and the Moon, his only children’s book. Traven died in Mexico City in 1969. You can sign up for author updates here.

Alberto Beltrán is one of Mexico’s leading artists. A founder of the National Arts Academy in Mexico City, he has won several national and international prizes and has illustrated the work of such American writers as Victor W. Von Hagen and Oscar Lewis.