Sheri Mabry is an author and literary agent. She has written books for adults and children, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines. She is the founder of North Shore Academy of the Arts, a non-profit organization that offers arts programming to the community. She lives in Wisconsin. Joanie Stone is inspired by nature, all things vintage, and the real-life characters she sees around her everyday. She hopes her illustrations will inspire kids to pick up a pencil and create their own worlds through stories and art.