Writer and artist John Bemelmans Marciano is the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans. John has continued his grandfather's legacy of the Madeline books with Madeline and the Old House in Paris, Madeline at the White House, and Madeline and the Cats of Rome. He is the author of Bemelmans- The Life and Art of Madeline's Creator, and of The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield and The Witches of Benevento books, which were illustrated by Sophie Blackall. Emily Chenoweth is the author of Hello Goodbye (Random House, 2009), and the ghostwriter of seven young adult novels, two of which were New York Times bestsellers. Since 2012, she has worked with James Patterson, cowriting the novels First Love, The Lost, Humans Bow Down, and an upcoming YA novel, the novellas Little Black Dress, Tell Me Your Favorite Story (forthcoming), and I Funny- School of Laughs, all under the pen name Emily Raymond. Her fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 2003, and worked for several years as a reviews editor at Publishers Weekly.
