Fisher, Leonard Everett
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Fisher, Leonard Everett
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American author and illustrator of children's and yonug adult books.
American author and illustrator of children's and young adult books.
American illustrator and author of children's and young adult books; Kerlan Award winner, 1991.
American author and illustrator of children's books.
American illustrator and author of children's and young adult books.
Born in the Bronx in 1924, Leonard Everett Fisher grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fisher studied at the Heckscher Foundation in 1932, with Moses Soyer in 1939, the New York Art Students League in 1941, and Brooklyn College. After the war, Fisher earned both his bachelor and master of fine art from Yale University. After his graduation, Fisher became the dean of the Whitney Art School in New Haven, Connecticut. He married Margery Meskin later that year. He left his position at the Whitney Art School in 1953 and became an illustrator for children's books. Fisher has written, and self-illustrated more than eighty children's books and illustrated at least 260 books for other authors.
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