About Arlene Alda
Photo © Alan Alda
Tundra author
Arlene Alda is an award-winning photographer and writer whose photographs have appeared in
Life, Vogue, and
People and in numerous galleries. She is the author of twelve children’s books including her most recent,
The Book of ZZZs;
Morning Glory Monday, illustrated by Maryann Kovalski; and her photographs are featured in
97 Orchard Street, New York, by Linda Granfield. A native New Yorker, Arlene Alda is the proud grandmother of seven. She lives on Long Island with her husband, actor Alan Alda.
About Lisa Desimini
Photo © Matt Mahurin
Tundra’s Lisa Desimini is a graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since then she has written and illustrated over thirty books for children. Her award-winning books include
My House, which was deemed a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year,
I Am Running Away, a Bologna Book Fair honor book, and
Love Letters, a
Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book of the Year, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, and
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Lisa Desimini and her husband divide their time between NYC and Northport.