Neil Gaiman is the author of the New York Times bestselling children's book Coraline and of the picture books The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean. He wrote the script for the film MirrorMask and is also the author of critically acclaimed and award-winning novels and short stories for adults, as we ...

Richard Cowdrey has illustrated numerous books for children, including Bad Dog, Marley! by John Grogan. He is the owner of a yellow Labrador named Murphy, whose behavior is remarkably similar to Marley's. Richard lives in Ohio with his wife and children.