Brian Floca

Brian Floca made his children's books debut illustrating Avi's graphic novel "City of Light, City of Dark," a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year. He has since illustrated numerous books, among them Avi's Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning novel "Poppy" and Megan McDonald's "The Hinky-Pink."

He has written and illustrated "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11," "Lightship" (a Sibert Award Honor Book), and "The Racecar Alphabet" (an ALA Notable Book).

A native of Texas, Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York.