B. B. Cronin, an illustrator originally from Dublin, Ireland, is the author of The Lost House , which received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, and The Lost Picnic . His work has appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times , and on the covers of Penguin Classics, among many other publications. He was honored by a one-person show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin in 1998. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York with the illustrator Juliette Borda and their two children, Henry and Esm . He divides his time between his kitchen, living room, and his studio. Visit him on Facebook or at briancronin.com.