Brian Floca
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Keeping the City Going, Locomotive, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Lightship, and other acclaimed picture books. He is the illustrator of Avi’s Poppy Stories series, among other titles, and the author of Island Storm, illustrated by Sydney Smith. Brian’s books have received the Caldecott Medal, four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards, 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.
