Ashley (author) and Jess (illustrator) are sisters from Eastern North Carolina who have self published their own line of adventure, action sports children's books starting with "Queenie Wahine, Little Surfer Girl". Ashley is an Early Childhood Education instructor at East Carolina University and Jess is a photographer who now lives in New Zealand. Both girls grew up surfing with their family and now hope to share this love of the ocean and surfing with the next generation.