As creator of the immensely popular Otis the Tractor series, Loren Long has
putt puff puttedy chuffed his way all over the bestseller lists with such titles as
Otis,
Otis and the Tornado,
Otis and the Puppy, An Otis Christmas, and Otis and the Scarecrow. He is also the author/illustrator of
Drummer Boy, and has illustrated bestselling books by Randall de Seve (Toy Boat), Madonna
(Mr. Peabody's Apples), President Barack Obama (Of Thee I Sing) and Watty Piper (The Little Engine that Could).
A graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Loren lives in Ohio with his wife, Tracy, and their two sons.