Ann Marie Stephens is a first grade teacher and scuba diving enthusiast. She also hosts monthly meetings for educators, dubbed Cookies and Books, so she has the perfect excuse to promote children's literature while eating snickerdoodles. She lives in Virginia. Scuba Dog is her first picture book.

Jess Golden was born and raised a New Englander, in the lovely little town of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. A childhood filled with coloring books and art lessons eventually led her one state over to the Rhode Island School of Design, where she graduated with a BFA in Illustration. She now lives just outside of Boston with her husband Jordan and her rescue dog, Martha. She has also illustrated Snow Dog, Sand Dog by Linda Joy Singleton, the Lana's World series by Erica Silverman, and The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk by Kabir and Surishtha Seghal.