Piñata Boy is Brian Anderson of Austin, Texas.  When he's not making piñatas, he teaches chemistry at the University of Texas and writes children's books.  He is the author of the outer space comedy chapter book series The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton, published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

Brian also works with science teachers at all grade levels in the Austin public schools and occasionally answers science questions from kids in Highlights magazine.