Patricia A. Pingry has written dozens of children's books and edited hundreds more. Among her best-known titles are the perennial bestsellers The Story of Christmas and The Story of Easter. Together these two titles have sold more than 2 million copies. Patricia lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Joseph Cowman can't recall exactly when he fell in love with creating and building. He remembers scouring his surroundings as a child for metal scraps, wood, plastic tubing, bolts--whatever he could find to assemble something useful or beautiful. But his real passion became building worlds and telling stories through his illustration. Cowman lives in Idaho with his wife and children.