Jessica Kinney is a Maine native and mother of five children who lives and writes on the coast of Maine. A Bowdoin College graduate and former middle- and high-school English teacher, Jessica says The Pig Scramble was inspired by a true story about her husband, who grew up as the youngest child on a Maine dairy farm and really did win a pig at a local fair.Sarah S. Brannen is the author and illustrator of Uncle Bobby's Wedding. She also illustrated Feathers: Not Just for Flying, The Very Beary Tooth Fairy, Digging for Troy: From Homer to Hisarlik, Mathias Franey, Powder Monkey and The ABC Book of American Homes. She has illustrated for several children's magazines and is a regular contributor to Skating magazine.