Paradise construction manager Ken Young was inspired to write by his study of history, and English and American literature in college. He has written short stories, poetry, one act plays, and screenplays. When his daughter was a child he started writing a whimsical short story about fathers and daughters which eventually became this novel.
Ann Howard was born in a small town in "Butterfly Village," deep in the mountains of Taiwan. She spent her childhood wandering the hillsides and sketching everything she saw. She has been a professional artist most of her adult life, and illustrated this fantasy story that she wrote in English and in Chinese. During the interview her husband, martial artist Kent Howard, reads the English translation and Ann reads the Chinese.