Born on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, storyteller Lloyd
Alexander spent his childhood filling his imagination with
fantasies about other lands and eras. For ten years of his writing
career, Alexander wrote for adults, then changed gears and wrote
fiction for young people. Alexander has received a Newbery Medal, a
Newbery Honor Award, a National Book Award, and several IRA-CBC
Children's Choice Awards. He is also the author of many ALA Notable
Children's Books and School Library Journal Best Books of the
Year.
Trina Schart Hyman was a children's book illustrator for more than
30 years. Hyman graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, in 1960.She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for her work
on Margaret Hodges' book Saint George and the Dragon. Hyman was one
of the first white illustrators along with Ezra Jack Keats to
regularly incorporate black characters into her illustrations. She
spent the last 10 years of her life with her romantic partner, Jean
K. Aull, and passed away in 2004.
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