Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki are an award-winning team whose other historical picture book, Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute, was honored with the Parents' Choice Award. Cumulatively, they have more than 23 children's books to their credit, most of them award-winners. Ms. Dunlap lives in Columbia, Maryland, and Ms. Lorbiecki lives in Hudson, Wisconsin.