Quickly The Magic Spatula

Jeryl Abelmann is a retired elementary school teacher. She is the recipient of Teacher of the Year Award for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District in California. She is a member of the Monterey Symphony and a member of the Screen Actors Guild. The Monterey Symphony for the Central Coast recognized her for "outstanding contributions to the Monterey Symphony in the true spirit of changing the world with a giving heart". She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has performed in movies, television and theater.

Miriam Kronish is a retired principal from the Needham, Massachusetts Public Schools. She is a National Distinguished Principal and award-wining principal in the state of Massachusetts. Over the past decades she has taught at Lesley University and Cambridge College in Massachusetts. Her interests are educational pursuit, cooking, theater, reading and especially writing. She is a past president of the Needham, Massachusetts Rotary Club and served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Lifelong Learning on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Chason Matthams is the "Children's Book Winner" for his illustrations for Quickly: The Magic Spatula from the Hollywood Book Festival. He is graduate of the Fine Arts Department of New York University.His artistic works include illustration, painting, and portraiture. He received his MFA in studio art from NYU where he continues to teach painting as an adjunct professor. He lives in New York City and has shown his artwork in galleries from New York to San Francisco.