Sanctuary: kip tiernan and rosie's place, the nation's first shelter for women - christine mcdonnell

Christine McDonnell is the author of many books for young readers, including When the Babies Came to Stay , illustrated by Jeanette Bradley, and Goyangi Means Cat , illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher.

She is a longtime teacher and librarian and has taught English to immigrant women at Rosies Place.

She lives in Boston.

Victoria Tentler-Krylov is a practicing architect and editorial illustrator with art published in the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe .

Her picture books include The Cyclops of Central Park by Madelyn Rosenberg and Just Read! by Lori Degman, and she is the author-illustrator of Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid .

Originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, she now lives just outside of Boston.