Brian Zepka is an award-winning author and public health scientist born and raised outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His debut young adult novel, The Temperature of Me and You, has been featured in Buzzfeed, Seventeen Magazine, and Esquire. It was named the best translated young adult stand-alone novel of 2022 at the Tres Cantos International Festival of Children's and Youth Literature. Outside of writing, Brian works with a global research nonprofit organization focused on school bus electrification, while pursuing his doctorate in environmental health at Johns Hopkins University. You can find him on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter @brianzepka.