In addition to contributing editor credit for many articles appearing in American Girl magazine, Sara Hunt created dozens of best-selling titles as an in-house editor for the popular line of advice and activity books, including award-winners such as The Smart Girls’ Guide to Starting Middle School: Everything You Need to Know about Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends! (2004 iParenting Media award); The Smart Girls’ Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, and Spend It (2007 Excellence in Financial Literacy award); and Coconut’s Card-Making Kit (2005 Family Fun magazine’s Toy of the Year award). She is also the author of Stay Fit: Your Guide to Staying Active, from the Healthy Me! Series (awarded TriState Young Adult Review Committee, 2012 Books of Note), Capstone, 2012.While researching and writing You’ve Got Spirit! Cheers, Chants, Tips, and Tricks Every Cheerleader Needs to Know, Sara was head cheer mom, cheer boosters president, treasurer, event coordinator, and fundraising chairperson for her daughter's high school cheer team. She was also a youth and high school cheerleader (when cartwheels and round-offs were considered tumbling and splits were "stunts").
Sara and her family live in Charlottesville, Va.

Lisa Perrett began life as an Art Director in Corporate Advertising. She illustrates for kid's media and designs imaginative branding for businesses, and designed a toy and candy store called Robot Candy Co. She resides in Charleston, SC.