Lisa Katzenberger penned the inspiring It Belongs to the World after her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven. She is the author of several books for children, including National Regular Average Ordinary Day; It Will Be OK: A Story of Empathy, Kindness, and Friendship; and A Love Letter to My Library. Lisa lives near Chicago with her family in a hundred-year-old Victorian house with sloping floors and the tiniest bathroom you’ve ever seen. Visit her at lisakatzenberger.com.

Janina Gaudin (Miss Diabetes) is an Aotearoa New Zealand Samoan comic artist and illustrator who makes comics about life with type 1 diabetes. She has created illustrations and animations for the World Health Organization’s World Diabetes Day campaign. It Belongs to the World is her first book. Visit her at missdiabetes.com.