Emily Bunker is a writer, editor, and former SAT tutor in Brewster, Massachusetts. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in anthropology. Michelle and Eliza Kuchuk are her beautiful and amazingly talented daughters.

Mary F. Bunker (author of Learning to Whistle) is a poet and artist. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tim Joyce (illustrations for Secret Rules of the SAT Game, Nuri's Donkey, and Learning to Whistle) is an artist and high school English teacher. He lives in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Dr. Fikri Kuchuk (consulting and photography for Nuri's Donkey) is a petroleum engineer working in Paris.