AUTHOR BIO:

REBECCA K. REYNOLDS first became interested in creating a text-faithful rendering of The Faerie Queene while reading Book One, Canto One to a classroom full of ninth graders. Her students were initially discouraged by Spenser's archaic text, but after she stayed up all night creating a more accessible but accurate rendering, their interest piqued. This inspired her to create a tool others could use to start learning Spenser's world.

After seven years of teaching, Reynolds was asked to become the Associate Publisher for Oasis Family Media and the Publisher of Sky Turtle Press. Outside of teaching and publishing, her creative work includes writing lyrics for Ron Block of Alison Krauss, Union Station and speaking at conferences in America and abroad. She is also a professional audiobook reader. Currently, Reynolds is working on a middle grade series called I featuring the Japanese superhero Ultraman. Rebecca resides in the State of Well-Meaning Chaos while wandering from cheese to chocolate to steaming cups of sencha tea. She is a sucker for hopeless causes, used bookshops, sturdy leather boots, most dogs, certain cats, the wisdom of children, and passing conversations with strange old souls who are most likely wizards.

ILLUSTRATOR BIO:

JUSTIN GERARD's artwork has served such clients as Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Harper Collins, Penguin Books, Random House, Sony, Riot, Blizzard, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Kabaam, Cryptozoic, and Riotminds. While working on The Faerie Queene, Gerard spent many hours studying the details and events of each episode, taking great care to master the nuances of each book while creating images to thrill and delight readers.