ANNA LIZA GASPAR grew up at the foot of a mountain and in the middle of rice fields, but until now she's still afraid of caterpillars. She earned her BS Business Administration and Accountancy at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She is a CPA, but she prefers writing stories and poems for children than numbers.She was a fellow for Pasnaan, LIRA, and Cordillera Creative Writers' Workshop. She was LIRA's treasurer and she's the current treasurer of GUMIL Filipinas. Her stories and poems for children have been published in Liwayway and Bannawag."The Legend of the Cagayan River" is her second children's book.

GLENDFORD LUMBAO is a Philippine-based freelance illustrator, designer, and photographer who graduated from the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines - Diliman, His art subjects-both in illustration and in photography-are usually nature, indigenous people, and candid moments. He also loves to do volunteer work during his free time such as mural painting or teaching in art workshops for kids in rural areas.