Brian Floca Biography

Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of "Locomotive," "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11," "Lightship," "The Racecar Alphabet" and "Five Trucks." He has illustrated the "Poppy Stories" series, by Avi; "Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring," by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; Kate Messner's "Marty McGuire" novels; and Lynne Cox's just published "Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas." His books have received the Randolph Caldecott Medal, four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards, an Orbis Pictus Award, an Orbis Pictus Honor, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, 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.

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