Adrian Tomine is the author of the acclaimed series Optic Nerve. His books include Shortcomings - which was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2008 IPPYS and was a 2007 New York Times Notable Book - Summer Blonde, Sleepwalk, Scenes From an Impending Marriage and New York Drawings. He is also an illustrator for The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. Born in Sacramento, Adrian lives in Brooklyn.