Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown
BornMarcia Joan Brown
(1918-07-13)July 13, 1918
Rochester, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 2015(2015-04-18) (aged 96)
Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter, Illustrator
GenreChildren's literature
Notable awards

Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books.[1] She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration,[2] and the ALA's Children's Literature Legacy Award in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature.[3] This total of nine books with awards and honors is more than any other Caldecott-nominated illustrator.[4] Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.

  1. ^ "Children's author, 3-time winner of caldecott Medal," Chicago Sun-Times, May 9, 2015, p. 33.
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  4. ^ https://alsc-awards-shelf.org/ [bare URL]