Kate DiCamillo┬аis the author of┬аBecause of Winn-Dixie┬а(a Newbery Honor book),┬аThe Tiger Rising┬а(a National Book Award finalist), and┬аThe Tale of Despereaux┬а(a Newbery Medal Winner). She recently completed a series of early chapter books about a pig named Mercy Watson.┬аThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane┬аwas the winner of the Boston GlobeтАУHorn Book Award. Kate lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but she spent much of her childhood in Florida.
Ron McLarty graduated from Rhode Island College in 1969, and started his theatre career shortly thereafter. A well known Broadway and TV actor, he is one of also the countryтАЩs leading audiobook narrators, having done over 100 titles, including the narration of books authored by Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Richard Russo, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, David Baldacci, Scott Turow, and George W. BushтАЩs memoir┬аDecision Points. McLarty has also written his own books, among them the novels Traveler, The Memory of Running, and Art in America.