Pamela Kleibrink Thompson is an internationally acclaimed recruiter, career coach and animation veteran (she was a production manager on The Simpsons and an ink and paint supervisor on Paramount's animated feature Bebe's Kids [1992]). Pamela is also a popular speaker at colleges, film festivals and entertainment industry conferences around the world. She was named one of the top-10 recruiters by Animation Magazine and has worked with clients around the world, such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Technicolor, Framestore and Lucasfilm Animation. She has written for over 80 publications, including Media History Digest, Art Business News and Animation World Network.
Melissa Bailey is an award-winning illustrator, author and smiley person. She is the author-illustrator of two books, Pug Is Happy (2018) and Imara's Tiara (2022, cowritten with Susan R. Stoltz), and has illustrated over 50 books, including Steve the Dung Beetle
