John Patrick Green grew up on Long Island and has worked in New York City ever since graduating from School of Visual Arts for Graphic Design in 1997. He was the comics consultant for Disney Adventures magazine, and in addition to Disney has written, illustrated, or otherwise worked on comics for Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, Scholastic, DC Comics, and First Second Books. John is the writer and artist of the graphic novels Hippopotamister, the Eisner-nominated Kitten Construction Company series, and the New York Times-bestselling InvestiGators series. He is also the artist and co-creator of the graphic novels Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden, and Teen Boat!, both with writer Dave Roman. See more of John's work at www.johngreenart.com.John Patrick Green's book recommendations