LAURA BURGES (Ryuko Eitai) is a lay-entrusted Buddhist teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She received monastic training at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and lectures, teaches classes, and leads retreats at San Francisco Zen Center and other practice centers in Northern California. Her book, Buddhist Stories for Kids won Gold in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards in 2023. PRACHI MURARKA is an Ayurvedic practitioner, access consciousness facilitator, author, yoga and meditation teacher, animal and plant communicator, light grid scribe, and workshop facilitator. She is a bi-national globe trotter who spends her time between India and the United States.

​​WEN HSU is a Taiwanese-Costa Rican illustrator. She has a wide range of styles working with papercuts, ink, watercolor, textiles, and digital art. She has illustrated stories for children in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Korea, and China. Kuan Yin is her most recent book for Bala Kids.​