Daniel Whiteson is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine. Together with Jorge Cham, Daniel created and produces the PBS Kids TV series Elinor Wonders Why. Daniel and Jorge have also written two books for adults, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe and Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe, and they host the podcast Jorge and Daniel Explain the Universe on iHeartRadio.

Jorge Cham is an engineer-turned-cartoonist, writer and producer. He is the creator of web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics), which he started as a graduate student at Stanford University. Together with Daniel Whiteson, Jorge created and produces the PBS Kids TV series Elinor Wonders Why. Jorge and Daniel have also written two books for adults, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown and Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe, and they host the podcast Jorge and Daniel Explain the Universe on iHeartRadio.

Natasha Donovan is an award-winning illustrator originally from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia. Natasha now lives on a tiny farm along with several wonderful creatures – both of the human and the nonhuman variety – in Deming, Washington.

Tanya Lloyd Kyi is the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. She writes about science, pop culture and places where the two overlap. Her recent projects include Our Green City, This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes, and the middle grade novels Me and Banksy and Mya’s Strategy to Save the World. Tanya is also a lecturer with the UBC School of Creative Writing. #Her favorite meal is breakfast, her favorite color is blue and her favorite children’s book is A Wrinkle in Time. When she’s not writing, she hikes, plays tennis and bakes brownies.#Tanya lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, Min. They have two teenagers and a small, mischievous puppy.

Muon Thi Van loves to read books of all shapes and sizes. The first language she learned to speak was Vietnamese, but the first language she learned to read was English (and she was so shy in elementary school that she practically learned to read English before she spoke it). The first book she remembers reading on her own is a yellow Nancy Drew hardback from the school library, and because the library had the whole series, it was a while before she read anything else.

Funnily enough, Muon doesn’t remember reading picture books as a young child and instead discovered them in high school. In picture books, she found a wonderful meeting of art, poetry, philosophy and humor. So few books reflected her formative experiences, though, that she desired to bring new and different stories into the world.

Now from her home in northern California, Muon crafts stories after drop-off and before pick-up. Some of these stories become books, and some of these books are read around the world. From her acclaimed debut, In a Village by the Sea (illustrated by April Chu), to her latest, The Shape of You (illustrated by Miki Sato), Muon’s books have received many distinctions, including a Margaret Wise Brown Prize, a California Book Award and an Irma Black Honor Award. Her book Wishes (illustrated by Victo Ngai) was named the Best Picture Book of 2021 by BookPage.