Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker. She is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief, which was inspiration for the movie Adaption. She currently resides in New York and Los Angeles, USA. G. Brian Karas has written and illustrated several award-winning children's books, including On Earth and Home on the Bayou: A Cowboy's Story, a Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book. The picture books he has illustrated include Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Mr. Karas lives in New York, USA.