David McMullin is a full-time traveler and author of picture book Free to Be Fabulous. His poems have been featured in Cricket Media and in many anthologies alongside such authors as Jane Yolen. He received the honorable mention for the SCBWI Writer’s Digest-Ann Whitford Paul Award, is a recent Madness! Poetry champion, and won a Writing with the Stars mentorship with Marcie Colleen. David has previously been a youth librarian, Broadway actor, and educator. David is a proud representative of LGBTQ+ creators as a member of the Nevada SCBWI Equity and Inclusion team.

Lauren Stohler lives and works with her husband Gareth in Connecticut, where they create art and pug poetry under their top-secret internet pseudonym, @Inkpug. When not writing stories or drawing pictures, they are probably on a walk to the ice cream shop. Lauren is the author of picture books The Best Worst Poet Ever, The Problem with Pajamas, and I Am a GREAT Friend!. Find out more at Inkpug.com.