About Alison Pearce Stevens
Alison Pearce Stevens was a science professor until life took her overseas, at which point she started writing about science and nature for kids, because she’s an educator at heart and had to find new ways to share cool things with the world's most curious people. Her books have been Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections, won numerous awards, and been included in multiple best-of lists, including Best STEM Books, Outstanding Science Trade Books, and Bank Street’s list of Best Children’s Books of the Year. You can learn more about her at apstevens.com.
About Natasha Donovan
Natasha Donovan is an illustrator originally from Vancouver, Canada. She works primarily on children’s books but also loves illustrating comics and graphic novels. Past titles include the award-winning Mothers of Xsan series by Brett Huson, Classified by Traci Sorell, and When the Stars Came Home by Brittany Luby.
About Melinda Sewak
Melinda Sewak (she/her/hers) is an Emmy-nominated story chaser, whose rich, lyrical, and welcoming voice brings life to an ever-growing cast of characters. Her facility with language is deeply immersive and has added dimension to 25+ audiobooks, ranging from children’s fiction to YA to romantic comedy to fantasy. Melinda has been fine-tuning her ability to convey the truth and the comedy in every story by drawing on her own diverse life experiences as a Black, queer creator – having grown up as a first-generation Haitian-American, graduated with a BA in Theater Studies from Yale University, toured as a jazz a cappella singer, worked as a firefighter and rescuer, conducted and published critical care and emergency medicine research, attended medical school, coached as a certified personal trainer, served as a Shakespeare teaching artist, worked in IT as a data and business analyst – and professionally acting on stage and screen. While varied, the through-line has always been a love for people and storytelling – and an always-present desire, evident in the rhythm and curiosity that exude from her voice, to discover, to share, and to connect with story and listener alike.