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David Milgrim is an author, illustrator cartoonist, and wonderer. He has created more than 25 books, mostly for children, including the NY Times bestselling Goodnight iPad under the name Ann Droyd. He is very interested in how we got to be who we are, and how to get to be who we want..

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Kris Hirschmann journey began when she landed an entry-level job as production assistant in 1989 at The Stephen Greene Press, a Boston-based imprint of Viking/Penguin. Taking a leap of faith after several years in the publishing industry, she launched into a freelance career. Since that day, she has been hired to write hundreds upon hundreds of children s books and activity kits