At Dreamworks, Rocco was the pre-production art director on the top-grossing animated film Shrek. Me with samFor many years Rocco has been an art director in the entertainment industry, both in the US and abroad. Most recently, Rocco illustrated the fantasy fairy tale, The Flint Heart, written by Katherine Paterson and her husband, John. Rocco also illustrated Whoopi Goldberg‘s Alice and the covers for Rick Riordan‘s multi-million copy internationally bestselling series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus.

He is the author of four acclaimed books for children: Wolf! Wolf!, winner of the Borders Original Voices Award for best picture book Moonpowder, part of the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators Fu Finds the Way, and Blackout, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and winner of a 2012 Caldecott Honor. Most recently, Rocco illustrated the fantasy fairy tale, The Flint Heart, written by Katherine Paterson and Rocco studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Rocco studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Blackout by john rocco