Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of LOCOMOTIVE, winner of the 2014 ALA Randolph Caldecott Medal and a 2014 ALA Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book. He has also written and illustrated MOONSHOT: THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11, LIGHTSHIP and THE RACECAR ALPHABET. He is the illustrator of the popular Poppy Stories series and has provided illustrations for several other novels. His books have received three Robert F. Sibert Honor awards, an Orbis Pictus Award, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, an ALA Randolph Caldecott Medal and have twice been selected for The New York Times annual 10 Best Illustrated Books list.

Brian was born and raised in Temple, Texas. He graduated from Brown University and received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Books by Brian Floca

Old Wolf

written by Avi with illustrations by Brian Floca - Children's, Environment

Locomotive

by Brian Floca - Picture

From Boys to Men : All About Adolescence and You

written by Michael Gurian, illustrated by Brian Floca, photographs by Yvette Mangual