Sandra Markle has written more than seventy nonfiction books about science for children. She has won more than thirty awards for her work. In addition to her books, Ms. Markle has developed science specials for television as well as Internet-based educational programs. She lives in New Zealand.

Dr. Simon Pollard has is the Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at Canterbury Museum and Senior Fellow in Zoology at the University of Canterbury. He has written frequently for Natural History magazine and is frequently flown around the world for lectures on natural history and photography workshops, and as a research and script consultant for natural history documentaries.