Marc Brown

Author and illustrator Marc Brown, has created more than 100 picture books for children. He is best known as the creator of Arthur the aardvark, the star of many picture books and the five-time Emmy Award-winning TV show. His latest picture book, Wild About Books, written by Judy Sierra (Knopf, 2004), features colorful paintings inspired by his classical training at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He lives with his family in Hingham and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.