Ness, Evaline

Evaline (Michelow) Ness was born April 24, 1911, in Union City, Ohio, and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. She attended Ball State Teachers College (1931-1932) and the Chicago Art Institute (1933-1935) before quitting to become a fashion artist and model. In 1938, the famous Prohibition agent Eliot Ness became her second husband. She continued her successful career as an illustrator in New York after their divorce in 1946. In 1954 she illustrated her first book for children, The Story of Ophelia by Mary Gibbons. She won many awards as an author and illustrator for children, including a Caldecott award for Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine in 1967. Ness continued to write and illustrate children's books through the early 1980s. She died on August 12, 1986, in Kingston, New York.

From the description of Evaline Ness papers, 1964-1972. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 352887345

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