ESTA SPALDING is the author of two books for young readers -- Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts, which was shortlisted for both the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award and the BC Red Cedar Award, and Knock About with the Fitzgerald-Trouts -- as well as several novels and poetry books for adults. She is a full-time television writer who wrote for HBO's Masters of Sex, and has garnered many screenwriting awards. When she's not writing, she kayaks, bakes, and assembles whale skeletons with her husband, a marine biologist. She lives in California with her family. LEE GATLIN has been drawing as long as he can remember. Born and raised in south Alabama, he is an illustrator and cartoonist based in the Mississippi Delta. He is the illustrator of the forthcoming Monster School by Kate Coombs (August 2018, Chronicle). You can find his weekly cartoons in Athens, Georgia's Flagpole Magazine, and more of his work at neilaglet.tumblr.com or leegatlin.com.
One of CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens 2019 PRAISE FOR Shout Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts: “[A]n extravagant caper complete with resilient characters and exciting adventure."" --Highly Recommended, CM Magazine “Spalding has a keen eye for the major pleasures of life, such as mud, limousine, giraffes, world records, and molding cheese wax into big read lips. A new illustrator for this entry gives us a fresh take on the spirited Fitzgerald-Trouts, their wackily diverse community of friends, and their inviting tropical-island home.” --The Horn Book