Emily Barth Isler (EmilyBarthIsler.com) is the award-winning author of the middle grade novels AfterMath and The Color of Sound, and the picture book Three Pieces of Broken Glass. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two kids.Laura Ramos also illustrated Spring Sings and Sounding Joy (both by Ellie Holcomb), and she has two degrees in architecture. When she became a mom, she fell in love with children’s literature all over again and rediscovered her love for drawing. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Travis, and four children.