Jennifer Gardy, PhD is a self-described disease detective. Currently deputy director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology for the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's malaria team, she has worked at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and hosted science documentaries for CBC Television and Discovery Channel Canada, in addition to research and teaching. She splits her time between Seattle and Chicago.
JOSH HOLINATY is an illustrator whose work has been found in books, magazines, mobile apps, and even on coffee cups. His previous books include Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend, Norma Fleck Award finalist A Beginner's Guide to Immortality, and Innovation Nation. Josh lives in Toronto, Ontario with his wife Genevieve and their dog Jack, a connoisseur of socks.