Crane Maiden

Ed Young has illustrated more than a hundred books for children. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Young has taught at the Pratt Institute, Yale University, Naropa University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 1990, his book Lon Po Po was awarded the Caldecott Medal. He has also received two Caldecott Honors – for The Emperor and the Kite and Seven Blind Mice – and was twice nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international recognition given to children's book authors and illustrators who have made a lasting contribution to children's literature. In 2020, Young received the Chen Bochi International Children's Literature Author of the Year Award. Young lives in Westchester County, New York. EdYoungArt.com

Brenda Peterson is the author of more than twenty-three books of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children, all of which are rooted in nature and animals. Her children's books include Leopard and Silkie: One Boy's Quest to Save Seal Pups (a finalist for the Beverly Cleary Award and a selection by Scholastic Book Fair and National Science Teaching Association), Lobos: A Wolf Family Returns to the Wild (Green Earth Book Award finalist), Wild Orca: The Oldest Wisest Whale in the World (Junior Library World Standard Award and NSTA), and Catastrophe by the Sea with Ed Young. Her recent adult book, Wolf Nation: The Life, Death, and Return of Wild American Wolves, was named a "Best Conversation Book of the Year" by Forbes magazine. Peterson's work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Tikkun, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Oprah magazine. BrendaPetersonBooks.com