The Minor Rescue

Meredith Davis is the author of The Minor Miracle, the first book in The Amazing Adventures of Noah Minor. Her first book, Her Own Two Feet, which she co-authored with Rebeka Uwitonze, earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly, was a Junior Library Guild selection, a nominee for the NAACP Image Award, and World magazine’s Children’s Book of the Year for nonfiction. Meredith the founder of the Austin chapter of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators, and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She's a proud wife, mother, and grandmother living in Austin, Texas.

Billy Yong is an illustrator and character designer. Since starting out he has drawn storyboards, done visual development, and even voice acted for animation, games, and children's books. Outside of his professional doodlings, he can be found in a cafe, drawing or painting in his sketchbook, developing his personal projects, or teaching Japanese swordsmanship in the dojo. Billy currently lives in sunny Singapore.