Tony Piedra

Hi, I’m Tony Piedra!

As a kid I grew up in hot, humid, Houston, TX, catching lizards in the backyard and doodling in my sketchbook. Thirty years later, I still love learning about animals and drawing in my sketchbook, except now I do it for a living, making picture books, like One Tiny Treefrog and Pau: The last song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o. In a previous chapter of my life, I helped make movies at Pixar Animation Studios. My debut picture book, The Greatest Adventure, was published in 2018 by Scholastic. I live, work, and play in the San Francisco Bay Area with my creative partner and wife, Mackenzie Joy, and our baby boy. (Being a dad is awesome!).