帕特•齐特洛•米勒(Pat Zietlow Miller)七年级英语老师在课堂上大声朗读了她写的关于方形舞裙的论文,并说:“这是第一次有学生写的东西让我感到为之一颤。”从那时起,她就坚定自己想要成为一名作家。帕特一开始是一名报社记者,写了从飞镖和猎鹿到节食和剪纸等各个类型的所有东西。然后,她加入了一家保险公司,然后又加入了另一家保险公司,在那里编辑时事通讯和杂志。现在,帕特专注于她最喜欢的事情——写图画书。她已经出版了23本书,而且总是在写更多的书。帕特有一个好丈夫,两个可爱的女儿和两只娇生惯养的猫,她住在威斯康星州。更多信息及视频请点击官网:https://www.patzietlowmiller.com/ 她的书《要善良》是《纽约时报》畅销书,除此之外她也曾获得诸多奖项:
Golden Kite Award Winner
Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book
The Juvenile Literature Award Winner
Crystal Kite Award Book for the Midwest Region
2014 Cybils Award Finalist
The Wisconsin Library Association’s Elizabeth Burr/ Worzalla Award
伊丽莎•惠勒(Eliza Wheeler)是畅销书《枫叶小姐的种子》的作绘者,也是著名的森达克奖学金的获得者。她为孩子们绘制了许多书的插图,包括纽伯瑞荣誉大奖绘本《骨头娃娃》,《所到之处》,以及《约翰•罗纳德的龙:J.R.R.托尔金的故事》。她来自北威斯康星州,洛杉矶加利福尼亚州,现在住在明尼阿波利斯,明尼苏达州。她曾获得许多奖项:
A Home in the Woods is a Finalist in The Minnesota Book Awards for Children's Literature
Sendak Fellowship Award Winner, 2017
Wherever You Go receives SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, 2016
Wherever You Go gets starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews
Doll Bones by Holly Black, wins a Newbery Honor award, January 2014
Miss Maple's Seeds debuts on the New York Times Bestseller List, April 28, 2013
SCBWI 2011 Los Angeles International Conference Portfolio Grand Prize
SCBWI 2010 Los Angeles International Conference Mentorship Award
Illustration West 47 International Juried Exhibition, 2009, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
SCBWI member, 2009-present