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Olga Pastuchiv Illustrator & Author

Alan Lightman is a physicist and the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams and other adult books. Modelled on his relationship with his granddaughter, Ada and the Galaxies is his first book for children. He is a professor at MIT and lives in Massachusetts.

Olga Pastuchiv is a children’s book author, painter and commercial illustrator living in Maine.

Susanna Chapman is an illustrator, muralist and designer. Her books include Elizabeth Warren’s Big, Bold Plans, written by Laurie Ann Thompson. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.