#1 New York Times Best Seller LOREN LONGrs"s illustrations have received two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and his first picture book, Angela Johnsonrs"s I Dream of Trains, won the Society of Childrenrs"s Books Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award for Illustrations and his inspired interpretation of Walt Whitmanrs"s When I Heard Learnrs"d Astronomer was a Golden Kite Honor. A much sought after editorial artist whose work has appeared in Times, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and Atlantic Monthly, Loren is widely known for the illustrations in Madonnars"s #1 New York Times Best Seller Mr. Peabodyrs"s Apples. And Watty Piperrs"s The Little Engine That Could. He lives in West Chester, Ohio, with his wife, Tracy, and two young sons, Griffith and Graham.