Award-winning author Dr. Tamara Girardi writes books for children and teens. Her published titles include the Amazon Editor's Pick Why, Daddy? Why?, upcoming companion title Why, Mommy? Why? and six YA titles in the Iron Valley and Carnivalesque series. Tamara is also a college English professor, a researcher, and a motivational speaker. Olga Skomorokhova specializes in editorial and book illustrations and other commissioned and personal projects. Olga is inspired by her travels and the people around; thus, you can see a lot of botanical, architectural, and animalistic topics in her art. She experiments with many different techniques and utilizes various materials to achieve the desired effect.