Featuring: Marc Brown
* Born November 25, 1946 in Erie, Pennsylvania
*Grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania
*Grandmother paid first year of college
*Attended school in Mill Creek, Pennsylvania
*B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art in 1968
*First book illustrated at age 24: What Makes the Sun Shine by Isaac Asimov
*Has written over 117 Arthur and D.W. books
*More than 52 million books sold.
*Married to Laurie Kransny Brown
*Currently resides in Hingham, Massachesetts, and Martha's Vineyard
*Awards received:
*1982 Notable Book Award by American Library Association
*1998, 1999, and 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
*2001 Featured Author at the National Book Festival, Library of Congress
*2001 Peabody Excellence in Programming
*2003 Outstandig Children's Animated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Live Action and Animation
*2003 Children's Book Concil Children's Choice
*Top-rated television program for children three years in a row
*Before Arthur was created Marc Brown was:
-a truck driver
-short-order cook
-college professor
-television art director
-children's book illustrator
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