Loren Long (born 1964)[1] is an American author of children's books best known for illustration.

A Simon & Schuster executive saw his work for Miles’ Song by Alice McGill and tapped him for the illustrations for I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson.

[5] In 2004, I Dream of Trains won the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration.

[6] In 2005, he was a Golden Kite Award Honoree for his illustrations in When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman.

In his work, he relies on strong lighting sources, color theory, and support from his family to overcome this obstacle.