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Ian Woodward Falconer (August 25, 1959 – March 7, 2023) [1] was an American author and illustrator of children's books as well as a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He created 30 covers for The New Yorker and also for other publications.
The Olivia book series was inspired by Ian Falconer's niece, Olivia. [1]The series is different from many children's picture books because of its stark minimalism. Inspired by the style of Dr. Seuss, Falconer chose to draw uncluttered images in black and white with the occasional splash of red, along with the insertion of real artwork by famous artists — Degas and Pollock, for example.
When Olivia is passing the cruise ship on the way to meet Feramo, a terrorist bomb blows the ship up. Olivia helps to rescue survivors but hundreds are killed. Soon afterwards, in Los Angeles, Olivia meets Feramo again, working on a movie. Olivia calls the FBI with her suspicions about Feramo, but is interrupted. She also has her room swept for ...
"The famous book review blurb page-turner is rarely used to describe exhaustive bios, but in this case that description fits like a finely crafted Dents glove made of peccary leather," observed ...
Marzollo died on April 10, 2018, in her sleep due to natural causes at the age of 75. She was survived by her husband, Claudio Marzollo, a retired sculptor who co-authored some of her children's science fiction and fantasy books, her two sons, Daniel and David Marzollo, her two Grandsons, Gabriel and Westley Marzollo, and daughter-in-law, Melia Marzollo.
Louise Perkins Fitzhugh (October 5, 1928 – November 19, 1974) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet the Spy, a fiction work about an adolescent girl's predisposition to covering with a journal the foibles of her friends, her classmates, and the strangers she is captivated by.
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