Kim T. Griswell is a developmental editor for Uncle John's Bathroom Readers and the former coordinating editor of Highlights for Kids. She continues to help develop and teach writers' workshops with the Highlights Foundation; has taught with the Institute for Children's Literature; and has published more than 200 short stories, articles, and columns. Her children's book, Carnivorous Plants, was published by Kidhaven Press, and she also wrote Rufus Goes to School (Sterling). Kim lives in Ashland, OR. Learn more about her at her website, kimgriswell.com.
Valeri Gorbachev emigrated from his native Ukraine to the US in 1991, and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He has written and/or illustrated more than 50 children's books, including the first Rufus story, Rufus Goes to School (Sterling), as well as Turtle's Penguin Day and The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning (both Knopf).
