Jan Dobbins is a well-known music educator and composer who mentors music teachers from all over the world. She enjoys writing songs for children, teaching violin, singing and cooking. Jan lives in Somerset, UK with her husband Simeon. Laura Huliska-Beith earned her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, where she currently teaches as an adjunct instructor. She works primarily as a freelance illustrator in her attic studio, commuting on a chair between her painting table and her computer station, which she uses to complete her illustrations.