John Miller spent much of his grade school years with friends, tramping about the woods, lakes, rivers and swamps of Morris County, New Jersey. These adventures inspired his children’s books and articles about beavers, trout, starlings and other animals for many magazines.

Giuliano Cucco was an artist and illustrator. He and his wife were killed by a motor scooter driver in a pedestrian crossing in Rome in 2006. He is survived by a son and two grandchildren.