Dandá Costa is a poet, composer, musician, and educator. She was part of the collective A Mandíbula, carrying out projects that explored the dialogue between literature and other artistic expressions such as performance, video, and urban intervention. She published her first volume of poems in 2013, Contíguo (Patuá), and Sky-sized is her first book for children. She directed the music for the performances Cantos de um Naufrágio Esquecido (2016) and Aroé — CorpoVestígio (2017). She works in various formal and informal educational institutions—and beyond them—promoting literary creation as a tool for expression and resistance.

Veridiana Scarpelli was born in 1978 and lives in São Paulo. She holds a degree in architecture from FAU-USP and has been working as an illustrator for over ten years. She has illustrated numerous books and has been a three-time finalist for the Jabuti Prize. She also creates illustrations for various newspapers and magazines.