Lisa Yee has taken a private-investigator course, and it’ s slightly possible that she’ s a secret undercover operative. She’ s also a Newbery Honoree and a National Book Award finalist for Maizy Chen’ s Last Chance. Some of her other twenty-one novels are the groundbreaking Millicent Min, Girl Genius; Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time; and the DC Super Hero Girls series. A frequent contributor to NPR’ s Books We Love, she divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Los Angeles.
Dan Santat is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of over a hundred books. His graphic memoir A First Time for Everything won the National Book Award, and his picture book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend received the Caldecott Medal. He also illustrated The Blur, Lift, and Drawn Together, both written by Minh Lê , which received critical acclaim. Dan is also the creator of the Disney animated hit The Replacements. He lives in Southern California with his family.