JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and author-illustrator of the critically acclaimed middle-grade book Swim Team: A Graphic Novel (HarperAlley). It was longlisted for the National Book Award and was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book for illustration and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022, and it received a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award honor. He calls Vancouver, British Columbia, home.