Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many picture books, including Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star, Light in the Darkness and Whale Trails: Before and Now which was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and which Kirkus praised as “an inventive look at maritime history” in a starred review. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.
James E. Ransome is the illustrator of many award-winning books for children, including A Joyful Christmas, as well as Uncle Jed’s Barbershop which received a Coretta Scott King Honor. He also illustrated Under the Quilt of Night, and Satchel Paige, written by his wife, Lesa Cline-Ransome. He teaches illustration at Syracuse University and lives with his family in upstate New York.