Author Study
Featuring: Marc Brown
Biography:

* 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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