Linda Shute is an illustrator or author-illustrator of 13 books. Her Clever Tom and the Leprechaun has been widely used in schools and libraries for over 20 years. She organized illustration seminars with other artists from the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C., and has taught Children's Book Illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota. Linda grew up in Miami and now lives on the Gulf coast in Nokomis, Florida (more about Linda here).

Janeen Mason is an illustrator or author illustrator of eight childrens picture books with two more titles due for release in 2009. Janeen licenses her art for reproduction and it has been printed and sold around the world. Her original artwork hangs in collections as diverse as Burt Reynolds, Reba Mac Entire, S. Kent Rockwell, and Evan Lloyd, to name a few. She was appointed to serve as a member of the Florida Arts Council a fifteen member advisory council appointed to advise the Secretary of State Regarding cultural grant funding and on all matters pertaining to culture in Florida (www.florida-arts.org/about/aboutfloridaartscouncil.htm). In 2007 she received a Lifetime Achievement in the Arts award in Stuart, Florida, as well as the 2007 U.S. Maritime Literature Award for her book titled Ocean Commotion: Sea Turtles. Janeen Mason was named the Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Florida in 2007. She is the Chairman of the Public Art Advisory Board in Martin County, Florida, as well as a member of the Florida Association of Public Art Administrators. For more information please visit her website at: www.JaneenMason.com

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