Kathy MacMillan is a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, writer, teacher, librarian, and storyteller. She is the author of nine books for parents, librarians, and educators, including Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together (Huron Street Press, 2013). Her debut young adult novel, Sword and Verse, was published by HarperCollins in January 2016. She has presented American Sign Language storytelling programs for children and families since 2002. Find more resources for signing with young children at her websites, www.storiesbyhand.com and www.storytimestuff.net.

Manuela Bernardi is a film and TV writer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she was born and raised. In television, she has written on shows for TV Globo, TBS, GNT, Multishow, and the History Channel. In film, she has developed features for Canal+ and collaborated on Os Fins e os Meios, a political thriller by award-winning director Murilo Salles, which won Best Screenplay at Festival do Rio 2014. She wrote the screenplay for the short The Healing Tree, which won USC’s Peter Stark Special Project grant and went on to be selected for Cannes' Short Film Corner. With a BA in Journalism from PUC-Rio, Manuela got her MFA in writing for screen and television from USC in Los Angeles, which she attended on a Fulbright/CAPES scholarship.

Kathrin Honesta is an illustrator based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She illustrates for projects such as advertising campaigns, branding, albums, book covers, and picture books. She has worked with local and international clients such as Samsung, Prudential, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Scholastic Asia, and Holiday House Books.