Ben Loory & Alex Latimer

Ben Loory and Alex Latimer are the author and illustrator behind the recently published The Baseball Player and the Walrus.

Ben Loory lives in Los Angeles and is the acclaimed author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, which Kirkus has called “one of a kind.” His short stories have appeared in the New Yorker and on NPR’s “This American Life.” Visit him at www.benloory.com.

South Africa based illustrator Alexander Latimer lives on the outskirts of a national park, where rogue porcupines wander the nearby streets, though he has yet to find any walruses. He is also the author of The Boy Who Cried Ninja, Lion vs. Rabbit, Pig and Small, and Penguin’s Hidden Talent. Visit him at www.alexlatimer.co.za.