Brian Zepka

Brian Zepka is an award-winning author born and raised outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His debut young adult novel, The Temperature of Me and You, was a Brazilian bestseller and honored as the best translated young adult stand-alone novel of 2022 at the Tres Cantos International Festival of Children's and Youth Literature. His second young adult novel, Within These County Lines, was released in February 2026. Outside of writing, Brian works with a global research organization focused on sustainability, while pursuing his doctorate in public health at Johns Hopkins University.