Drew Day Walt is the author of the #1 blockbuster bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit, for which he won the E. B. White Read Aloud Award. Drew loves to create humorous stories for children because of the funny faces they make when they laugh. Those faces, in turn, make him smile. He lives in California with his wife, their two children, and many boxes of broken, melted, and otherwise well-used and much-loved crayons.
Oliver Jeffers creates art for children and adults alike. His picture books, including How to Catch a Star, Lost and Found, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Stuck, This Moose Belongs to Me, Once Upon an Alphabet, The Hueys series and The Day the Crayons Quit (written by Drew Daywalt), have been highly acclaimed and translated into many languages all over the world. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and creates art in Brooklyn, New York.
He signs all important contracts in crayon.