Amy Harlow has worked in advertising and marketing for over 20 years.  She has always loved cartoons and is a huge fan of Chuck Jones.  Bandit's Imagination is her first published children's work. In her free time, she enjoys writing, cooking, kayaking, yoga and being a dog mom (she was a dog mom to Bandit and Daisy for over 10 years).  Amy currently resides in Des Moines, IA with her husband, Jim Mehsling, and their excitable Frenchton, Paisley.

Jim Mehsling is a professional illustrator and animator whose animated Star Wars fan films have been featured on StarWars.com. These films include Bounty Hunter: The Interview, Bounty Hunter II: Pit of Carkoon (which won ‘Best Animated Feature’ from Lucasfilm in 2011) and Bounty Hunter 1.5 Trash Day.  He has also been an artist on Lego Ninjago.  Currently he is working on The Bobcat: A Saga from the Old West and Beyond published by Caliber Comics. Jim is also a sketch and trading card artist and has created worked on multiple properties including Star Wars, The Walking Dead and Stranger Things for Topps, Rick & Morty and DC Bombshells for Cryptozooic, and KISS, Bettie Page and Vampirella for Dynamite.  Jim currently resides in Des Moines, IA with his wife, Amy Harlow, and their silly Frenchton, Paisley.