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Cari Meister has written more than 130 books for children, including the Tiny series (Penguin) and the Fast Forward Fairy Tales series (Scholastic).  Cari is a school librarian and she loves to visit other schools and libraries to talk about the joy of reading and writing.  Cari lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, four boys, one horse, and one dog.  You can find out more about her at www.carimeister.com. Cristina Oxtra is the author of the early chapter book Tae Kwon Do Test and two biographies for children, Stephen Hawking: Get to Know the Man Behind the Theory and Stan Lee: Get to Know the Comics Creator. She earned an MFA in creative writing for children and young adults from Hamline University. Cristina currently lives in the Twin Cities (MN) area, where she and her son train and compete in Tae Kwon Do. Shawn Pryor is the creator and co-author of the graphic novel mystery series Cash and Carrie, co-creator and author of the 2019 GLYPH-nominated football/drama series Force, and author of Kentucky Kaiju and Jake Maddox: Diamond Double Play. In his free time, he enjoys reading, cooking, listening to streaming music playlists, and talking about why Zack from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the greatest superhero of all time. Genevieve Kote is an illustrator whose lively work has appeared in popular magazines such as American Girland Nickelodeon, children's books, comics, and newspapers. When she's not illustrating, she enjoys baking and reading at her home in Montreal, Canada. View more of her artwork at genevievekote.com.