Eugene J. Phelan was born in New York City. An education specialist, and former special education teacher and counselor. Phelan lives and works in Kentucky. To Touch the Hand of God, based on an experience Phelan shared with his own daughter when she was seven years old, is his first book. Penny Weber is a full-time artist and illustrator from Long Island, New York, where she lived all of her life. She works mostly in acrylics, as well as collage and mixed media. Weber has worked for the educational market and various magazines and independent publishers.