Deborah Wiles is the award-winning author of Each Little Bird that Sings, a National Book Award Finalist; Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, an NCTE Notable Book for the Language Arts, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; Freedom Summer, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; and One Wide Sky. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jenna Lamiaย has appeared on- and off-Broadway, as well as on television inย Law and Order: SVU,ย Strangers with Candy, HBO'sย Oz, and MTV'sย Awkward.,ย of which she is also the coexecutive producer. Her film credits includeย The Fighterย andย The Call.