Brian Floca is a Caldecott Medalist and the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Locomotive, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Lightship, The Racecar Alphabet, and Keeping the City Going. He is a winner of the Orbis Pictus Award and a fourtime Sibert Honoree. His work as an illustrator includes the popular Poppy series by Avi and Richard Jackson's With Dad, among many other titles. He is the author of Island Storm, illustrated by Sydney Smith, which received seven starred reviews. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.