Maria S. Barbo is the author of more than 35 books for young readers, including the original 1999 #1 New York Times bestselling Official Pokémon Handbook. She has also been an editor, an art teacher, and a painter. When she is not working on stories, she can be found playing soccer or biking to the beach. Maria lives in New York City.

Maria S. Barbo is the author of more than 35 books for young readers, including the original 1999 #1 New York Times bestselling Official Pokémon Handbook. She has also been an editor, an art teacher, and a painter. When she is not working on stories, she can be found playing soccer or biking to the beach. Maria lives in New York City.

Tracey West is the author of the New York Times bestselling series Dragon Masters, for Scholastic Branches. She has written more than 400 books for children, including the Underdogs series, illustrated by Kyla May; the Dragon Hill series, illustrated by Carolina Vázquez, and the perennially popular Pokémon chapter books. She lives with her husband, adopted dogs, and chickens in the western Catskill mountains of New York State.