The Beloved Dearly

Doug Cooney is the author of the middle-grade novels The

Beloved Dearly and I Know Who Likes You. His musical

adaptation of George Saunders's The Very Persistent Gappers of

Frip recently premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles,

produced by the Mark Taper Forum P.L.A.Y. Cooney also teaches songwriting

and collaboration for Voices Within, an educational outreach program of

the Los Angeles Master Chorale. He divides his time between Los Angeles

and South Florida. You can visit him at www.dougcooney.com.

#1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating children’s books for over twenty years. From fanciful picture books like The Spider & the Fly to chapter book series like the Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with a rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle grade series the Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and been translated in over thirty countries. The Norman Rockwell Museum’s exhibition “Never Abandon Imagination” featured artwork from the beginning of DiTerlizzi’s career as a contributing artist for Dungeons & Dragons and broke attendance records. He has been featured in Time magazine and USA TODAY and on CNN, PBS, NPR, the BBC, and the Today show.