Dan Santat is the Caldecott Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, Are We There Yet?, and After the Fall as well as the illustrator of many other picture books, including Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and various pets. He invites you to visit him online at dantat.com.

Ahmet ☥ Zappa is an entrepreneur, NY Times Best Selling Author, film and television screenwriter, director, producer, musician, inventor and the radio talk show host of Rocktails on SiriusXM.

Zappa has always been a content creator. He began his writing career working on short form, comedic web content for various production companies. He then moved into TV, scripting sitcoms, action oriented dramas, high concept supernatural or science fiction based programs, animated series and family shows.

Under his entertainment shingle, Monsterfoot Productions, he conceived the story, developed and produced “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” for Walt Disney Pictures. He also originated the ideas and wrote the screenplays for “Monster Witness Relocation Program” and “Tiki.” At Sony Pictures, he's also producing the movies “Dodge & Twist” and “Savage Planet.”

Zappa's authored many critically acclaimed and best selling books. The novel “The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless,” the picture book “Because I’m Your Dad,” “The Hot Rats Book,” and the Disney branded book series “Star Darlings” that he proudly co-created with his amazing wife.

Zappa's been the lead singer of a few bands, made a handful of albums and has toured the world, playing sold out shows around the globe. As a composer he's written and produced songs for animation, recorded tracks for motion picture soundtracks, scored the music for commercials, web series, reality series, specials and other television projects.

Zappa also consults or partners with businesses and brands often creating content for their marketing strategies. He helped form the company Blk-Ops which has made a significant amount of Microsoft’s commercials since 2014. As a creative, he's hands on and stays involved from pre-production to post-production.

Ahmet also runs the extensive Frank Zappa estate through the Zappa Trust as co-Trustee. He manages and administers all assets of the Zappa Trust's business. This includes all of Frank Zappa's creative works, such as his recordings, publishing, film, video, art, name, image and likeness, as well as furthering the associated trademarks in the marketplace.

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