William Steig

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Born	November 14, 1907 • New York City • New York
Died	October 3, 2003 (aged 95) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Caldecott Medal (1970)
Notable Works	“Abel’s Island” • “C D B!” • “Doctor De Soto” • “Roland, the Minstrel Pig” • “Shrek!” • “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” • “The Amazing Bone”
Subjects Of Study	Shrek

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Lynd Ward

American artist

O'Neill, Rose Cecil

Rose Cecil O’Neill

American illustrator and writer

Will James

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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Art Spiegelman, 2008.

Art Spiegelman

American author and illustrator

John Cheever

John Cheever

American author

James Thurber, 1955.

James Thurber

American writer and cartoonist

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Marya Mannes

American author and critic

Abby Morton Diaz

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Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

American cartoonist and author

E.B. White

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Peter De Vries

American author

Adams, William Taylor

William Taylor Adams

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Howard Pyle

American writer and illustrator

Donald Barthelme.

Donald Barthelme

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Saul Steinberg, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1951.

Saul Steinberg

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Ludwig Bemelmans

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Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

American artist

George Cruikshank

British artist

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