Hayley Cronin is a mother, nurse, and self proclaimed favorite daughter-in-law of the illustrator, Deborah Cronin. Whoa! Blue Betty! is her first children's book. Her love of creative writing began with her grandma's poetry, and flourished during the pandemic with the adoption of Betty, the Betta fish. She lives in California with her husband and two daughters.Deborah Cronin is a mother of five, grandmother of five granddaughters and a retired Fine Arts teacher at a local high school. She has illustrated 2 children's books thus far and looks forward to future collaborations with Hayley Cronin. Chicago natives, Arizona has been home to Deb and her husband for almost 40 years.