Nathalie Soussana is the author of several musical picture books, including Songs from the Vanilla Trail, Children's Africana Book Award-winner Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees and Parents' Choice Gold Award-winner Songs from the Garden of Eden. She's also written several musicals, including À l'ombre de l'olivier, Romances de Paris, and Silence on tourne. Judith Gueyfier started creating picture books after studying design at the Duperré School and illustration at the Arts Déco School. She has published with several well-established houses in France, with recent publications that include Tu habites où? and The Hunt for the Golden Glasses.