<b>Reem Faruqi</b> based this book on her own experiences as a young Muslim girl immigrating to the United States. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.<br /><br /><b>Lea Lyon</b> is an award-winning children’s book illustrator, painting teacher, and portrait artist who has made a childhood dream come true. Lea loved to draw and paint as a child, and she wanted to be a children’s book illustrator. She ended up raising a family, going back to school for an MBA, and working in the corporate world, but she kept painting. Now, at long last, Lea is a children’s book illustrator with five published picture books: <i>Say Something, Playing War, Keep Your Ear on the Ball</i> (all with Tilbury), <i>The Miracle Jar</i> and <i>Operation Marriage</i>. She lives in Richmond, California.