Carmela LaVigna Coyle is an award-winning author of over a dozen picture and board books. Her popular Do Princesses…series is a favorite among the not-your-ordinary-princess crowd. Carmela has worked with a variety of stellar illustrators including Mike Gordon, Kevin Rechin, Steve Grey, Bruce McPherson, and Carly Allen-Fletcher. She has a degree in Education and Art, but insists her real education comes from long walks in nature and motherhood. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her family and lively shi-poo dog.
Bonnie Kelso studied Fine Art at the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked for many years as an exhibit designer where she had the pleasure of contributing to projects for NASA, National Geographic, and the Smithsonian Institution. Bonnie is the 2021 winner for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Karen Cushman Late Bloomers Award for her historical chapter book, Johnny Bell Baker and The Coal Mine. Her most recent book is Quail T
