Alice Blumenthal McGinty Author

Alice Blumenthal McGinty is the award-winning author of 50 fiction and nonfiction books for children, including: the 2019 Jr. Library Guild Selection, The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle, the 2019 Northern Lights Book Award Winner (food category) Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World illustrated by Tomoko Suzuki, the 2015 Sydney Taylor Notable book, Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt, and the picture book biography, Gandhi: A March To the Sea illustrated by Thomas Gonzales, which was awarded as an honor book for the 2014 South Asia Book Award for Children's And Young Adult Literature. In addition to being a writer, she is a writing coach and instructor. She lives in Illinois, USA.
Laurel Molk has written and illustrated several books for children and is the illustrator of There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi. She has also exhibited in shows at the Society of Illustrators. She lives near Boston, USA.