Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal winning and New York Times bestselling book Locomotive, as well as Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 and Lightship, both of which were Sibert Honor winning books, and other acclaimed picture books. He is the illustrator of Avi’s Poppy Stories series, Laura Amy Schlitz’s Princess Cora and the Crocodile, and, most recently, With Dad, by Richard Jackson. Brian’s books have received the Caldecott Medal, four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards for distinguished informational books, an Orbis Pictus Award and Orbis Pictus Honor, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and have been selected three times for the annual New York Times Best Illustrated Books list. Brian was born and raised in Temple, Texas, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Visit him at BrianFloca.com.
,
