Lady Cecily Snodgrass has traveled to royal courts throughout Europe in a continuing quest for high-paying positions with absolutely no obligations or responsibilities. She is now taking her keen observations of the nobility and their atrocious child-rearing abilities and only thinly disguising them in her tales of the Really Rotten Princess. In her spare time she enjoys collecting the gold and silver dinnerware of her hosts.

Mike Lester is a children's book writer, illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. His work has been recognized by notable publications such as the New York Times. A father of two, he lives with his wife, Regan, and their dog and cat in a castle with a moat full of unicorns.