Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, Crenshaw, the Endling series, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, the Doggo and Pupper series, and the Animorphs series. She lives with her author husband, who publishes under the name of Michael Grant, in California.
Ariadne Meyers starred as Emma McArdle on the ground-breaking television series Kate & Allie. Her other television credits include The Secret and Not Our Son. In addition, she has appeared on film in Author! Author!, Dutch and How to Make an American Quilt. Ariadne narrated The Cookbook Collector by Allegra and the Trixie Belden series by Julie Campbell among many others.