Brian Selznick is the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator of The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan, Dulcimer Boy by Tor Seidler, Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann M. Martin, The Houdini Box, and many other books for children. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.