Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer is a poet and installation artist in St. Louis. She is the author of Cleavemark (BOAAT Press, 2016), and has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She frequently collaborates with other artists, most recently with Cheryl Wassenaar on the installation The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs at the Des Lee Gallery. The Cloud Lasso is her first children's book. She lives in St. Louis.Melodie Staceyis an artist and illustrator. She has exhibited her work in the UK and US and has worked with magazines such as Flow and Pompom Quarterly as an illustrator. The Cloud Lasso is her first picture book. She lives in Brighton, East Sussex, UK.