Judy Clemens wrote the Agatha- and Anthony-nominated Stella Crown series, the Grim Reaper mysteries, and the stand-alone Lost Sons (published by Herald Press). Her YA thriller Tag, You're Dead, written as J.C. Lane, was also nominated for the Agatha and Anthony awards. She is a past-president of Sisters in Crime, a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, and the mother of two young adults, which helps when writing YA and middle-grade fiction.

David Leonard began his freelance illustration career in the first grade, trading colorings for pencils. He has never stopped drawing. Telling stories through illustration on everything from books to billboards, David Leonard has worked with clients such as Amazon, Random House, Dr. Pepper, Highlights for Children and The New Yorker. When David is not illustrating, he enjoys flying with his loving, forgiving, understanding, and supportive wife and their little, art-directing twin daughters.