Elizabeth Crary is the award-winning author of more than 40 children's and child-guidance publications. She has taught parenting education, with an emphasis on problem-solving and skill-building methods, and established Parenting Press in 1979. Marina Megale is the illustrator of I Can't Wait; I Want It; I'm Lost; Kids to the Rescue!; Mommy, Don't Go; and My Name Is Not Dummy. They both live in Seattle.