Born in the New York borough, Long Island, February 10, 1935, John Alcorn is an illustrator of countless children's books, along with nonfiction, poems, and non-English language readers. Alcorn studied graphic art at Cooper Union, acquiring skills in calligraphy, architecture, typography, illustrations and advertising and dimensional design. Briefly tied to the CBS-TV art department in 1958 and other advertising agencies prior, Alcorn decided to free-lance exclusively. His scope includes book illustrations, paperback covers and periodical illustrations for McCall's and Sports Illustrated .
Biographical source: Something About the Author Volume 31, 1983.
From the guide to the John Alcorn Collection, 1963-1967, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
