Kristen Keating is a Senior Development Editor at National Geographic Learning and lives in Vermont. She has taught both English and Spanish at the primary school level, and she has developed materials for bilingual education in the US. At NGL, Kristen has contributed to the development of several primary and preprimary English language learning programs, including Welcome to Our World 2nd Edition and, most recently, Trailblazer.
Susannah Reed is an experienced author and educational consultant, specializing in ELT materials for young learners of English. After teaching in Spain and the United Kingdom, Susannah has worked in educational publishing for over 25 years as a publisher as well as a writer of ELT course books and readers for children around the world. Committed to exciting, caring and multi-disciplinary materials which inspire children’s natural curiosity and creativity, Susannah has developed learning materials with many of the top ELT publishers including Look and See for National Geographic Learning. She is now proud to be an author on the innovative young learner’s series Trailblazer.