Despite being the owner of a successful construction company, Tony Cail has harbored dreams of being a writer all his life. Inspired by his favorite teacher, Mr. Cahill, he wrote stories for his high school creative writing class, and in college, one of the professors said he should consider a career in writing. When his children were growing up, Tony would dream up imaginary bedtime stories each night, spinning tales about anything from lost puppies at Christmas to kids working construction on other planets. The Christmas Puppy was always his daughter’s favorite. Tony resides in Reading, Massachusetts.

Emily Johnson is a well-known artist who has painted and traveled with the “Master Artist Tour.” Johnson graduated from the Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Hertzfeld School of Art in Wiesbaden, Germany. She has exhibited and sold her work throughout the United States and Europe.