Kathryn Cristaldi is a former children’s book editor. She is the author of Baseball Ballerina, Samantha the Snob, Even Steven and Odd Todd, and I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter. Though there are no cows in her neighborhood, Kathryn has dressed up her dog in a cow costume on more than one occasion.
David Sheldon is a painter, sculptor, illustrator, and author who has illustrated numerous books, including several that he wrote himself. Sheldon graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA and went on to earn his MFA from the University of Maryland. He lives with his family in the Asheville area of western North Carolina. Sheldon’s daughter, Sarah, created the journal entries in the book.