Author Glee Nutter is a reading specialist, elementary school teacher, and college instructor. She has written dramas and school scripts for students ages 4-15. In 1990, Glee co-founded CASTLE OF LEARNING: The Mindblender, a creative interactive summer school. She lives in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, with her toy poodle Choco Chip. Illustrator Marie McCutcheon Lewis holds an associate membership in the American Watercolor Society. She belongs to Greenbrier Artists, a nonprofit organization of local artists in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.