Taghreed Najjar is a Palestinian-Jordanian author of over 50 books for children and young adults. She has been awarded the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children's Literature, and was shortlisted three times. She is also the founder of Dar al-Salwa publishing house.

Elisabeth Jaquette is a translator from Arabic. She is the Executive Director of Words Without Borders and former Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association. Her work has been nominated for the Booker International Prize, National Book Award, Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, TA First Translation Prize, and Best Translated Book Award.

Aya Ghanameh is a Palestinian illustrator, writer, and designer from Amman, Jordan. She is the author/illustrator of the picture book, These Olive Trees (Viking Books, 2023), and the illustrator of Dear Muslim Child by Rahma Roodah (Balzer + Bray, 2024), and Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden by Jenan A. Matari (Interlink, 2025). Aya graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and works as a designer for a U.S. children's book publisher.