Tor Seidler is the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of more than a dozen children's books, including Firstborn, The Wainscott Weasel, A Rat's Tale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Gully's Travels, and most notably Mean Margaret, which was a National Book Award Finalist. He lives in New York, New York.
Gabriel Evans is a children's book illustrator and author from Western Australia. He grew up wanting to be a train driver (for the hat), a circus master (for the moustache), or a children's book illustrator (to read picture books all day). He has since illustrated many books, two of which were Notable Books for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year. Gabriel runs workshops and talks in schools and libraries around Australia. Learn more at GabrielEvansArtist.com.

"A New Jersey squirrel named Phoenix teams up with a pack of rats in New York City to save their riverside home from being demolished and turned into a high-rise"--