Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Magician's Elephant, a New York Times best-seller; The Tale of Despereaux, which was awarded the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor book; and is the creator of the award-winning Mercy Watson series. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis, USA. Alison McGhee is the award-winning author of The Song of Middle C; the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Someday; and the young adult novel All Rivers Flow to the Sea. Alison McGhee lives in Minnesota, USA. Tony Fucile has spent more than twenty years designing and animating characters for cartoon feature films, including The Lion King and The Incredibles, for which he was a supervising animator. His other picture titles include Let's Do Nothing and Driving to Bed. He lives in San Francisco, USA.