Nicholas DeShaw is a proud father, educator, and traditional lacrosse coach, and Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow is his debut picture book. He is Anishinaabe (Bois Forte Ojibwe), Migiziwan Odoodeman (he is Eagle clan). Nicholas studies and speaks the Ojibwe language. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Tara Audibert (moxyfox.ca) is a multidisciplinary artist working in film, animation, illustration, and fine art. Her previous books include the award-winning Jo Jo Makoons series (by Dawn Quigley),
Fiddleheads for Fox (which she also wrote), and
Moonbeam (by Gail Francis). Tara owns and runs Moxy Fox Studio, where she created the TV series
Lil Glooscap and the Legends of Turtle Island, the award-winning short films
I Am the Warrior and
The Importance of Dreaming, and the comics
This Place: 150 Years Retold and
Lost Innocence. She is of Wolastoqiyik and French heritage and lives in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick, Canada.