Stephanie Greene (stephaniegreenebooks.com) is the author of many acclaimed books for young people. She meets pink, purple, green and blue princesses everywhere she goes. She lives in Durham, North Carolina

Stephanie Sisson (www.stephanitely.com) divides her time between Mauritius and California's Central Coast. In her spare time, she likes to garden, surf and tries in vain to train her pet parakeets to say clever things.