Andrea Beaty is the author of the bestselling Questioneers series, among other children's titles. She lives just outside Chicago. Theanne Griffith is a neuroscientist and the author of the Magnificent Makers chapter book series. Since she was a little girl, she's loved both storytelling and science, and her books combine those two passions. Griffith received her BA in neuroscience and Spanish from Smith College and earned her doctorate in neuroscience from Northwestern University. She is an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis.