Emily Snape is an author and illustrator who often finds herself stuck in traffic. The only thing to be done is daydream about a car that releases helicopter blades and can whirl her away. Despite the traffic, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, UK. Rilla Alexander is a world-traveling author and illustrator. She started out drawing pictures while in the backseat of a car in Australia (where she grew up), then flew in a plane to Great Britain and Germany (where she used to live), and has now landed in Portland, Oregon (where she currently lives). Sometimes she even remembers to look out the window!