Before the Seed: MIT Kids Press

Susannah Buhrman-Deever is a biologist with a PhD in behavioral biology who specializes in animal behavior and ecology. She is the author of Predator and Prey and If You Take Away the Otter, a Bank Street College Cook Prize Honor Book. In addition to her academic work and writing, she has developed ecology curricula for the Lion Conservation Fund.
Gina Triplett and Matt Curtius are a wife-and-husband artistic team who have shared a collaborative studio in Philadelphia for more than ten years. They have worked on projects ranging from public art to advertising to print books for children and adults and have been recognized for their work by Communication Arts, Print Magazine, and the Society of Illustrators. Individually, Gina Triplett has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, and Matt Curtius is an associate professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.