Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three with Peter Parnell. Dr. Richardson is a coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Scared They'd Ask), as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell. Dr. Richardson's counsel has been covered in The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as on the Today show and NPR's Morning Edition. Dr. Richardson gives talks to parents and teachers about parenting and children's sexual development. And Tango Makes Three is coauthored by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.

He's a playwright whose work has been seen at the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, as well as the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the Seattle Repertory Company. On Broadway, his play QED was staged. As a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian, he has written numerous television episodes, as well as episodes of Maurice Read More chevron_right

Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three with Peter Parnell. Dr. Richardson is a coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Scared They'd Ask), as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell. Dr. Richardson's counsel has been covered in The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as on the Today show and NPR's Morning Edition. Dr. Richardson gives talks to parents and teachers about parenting and children's sexual development. And Tango Makes Three is coauthored by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.

He's a playwright whose work has been seen at the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, as well as the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the Seattle Repertory Company. On Broadway, his play QED was staged. As a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian, he has written numerous television episodes, as well as episodes of Maurice Sendak's series Little Bear. He currently resides in New York City.

Amy June Bates has illustrated a number of books, including the Sam the Man series, Jewel's Sweet Dreams and That's What I'd Do, and Patricia MacLachlan's Waiting for the Magic. She is the author-illustrator of The Big Umbrella, which Booklist praised as having a boundlessly welcoming attitude... and a natural springboard for debate. Her husband and three children reside with her in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.