Shiho S. Nunes (1917 - 2019) was a passionate educator who authored Hawaiian culture-based novels for young adults, as well as The Shishu Ladies of Hilo: Japanese Embroidery in Hawaii. nBorn and raised in Singapore, Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard is the illustrator of several childrens books, among them Monkey, Singapore Childrens Favorite Stories, and Adventures of the Treasure Fleet. The mother of two grown children, she and her husband live in France.n