In this Russian folktale, the Sea King lives deep under the sea in an exquisite crystal palace. Jane Yolen   lives in Massachusetts and has written more than 400 books across all genres and age ranges, including the Sydney Taylor Honor book  Miriam at the River.  In 2022 she was named the The Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Winner. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. Shulamith Levey Oppenheim is the award-winning author of many books, including Iblis, a retelling of the Islamic version of the fall from Eden, and, with Jane Yolen, The Fish Prince, a collection of Mermen folktales, and The Sea King. She lives in Massachusetts. George Juhasz is an artist, designer, sculptor, filmmaker, and illustrator who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He was born in Hungary where he received his art training and has lived and worked in Switzerland, Spain, France, Germany, England, and Canada. He has worked on over 100 animation projects, including The Yellow Submarine, The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince, Young Robin Hood, and Joseph and his Brothers, and he also illustrated Pacific Tree Frogs. Stefan Czernecki was born in a refugee camp in Germany and now lives in a small glass apartment one hundred and fifty feet above the ground. For inspiration he travels to faraway places like Tokyo, Mexico City, New York and Marrakesh. He won the Aesop Accolade, the American Folklore Society Award, in 1997.