Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of Library Lion and Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten, both illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; as well as the Trelian middle-grade fantasy trilogy, the Evil Librarian YA horror-comedy trilogy, and many other books for young readers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including Library Lion and Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten, both by Michelle Knudsen; Weslandia by Paul Fleischman; and The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Godol by Arthur A. Levine. Kevin Hawkes lives in southern Maine.