The 13 Clocks (Childrens Collection)

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Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M01590172752-G

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James Thurber (1894—1961), one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century, was born in Columbus, Ohio, and launched his professional writing career as a reporter for theColumbus Dispatch in 1920. He began writing for The New Yorker in 1927 after his friend E. B. White got him a job at the magazine. Though hampered by failing eyesight, Thurber wrote nearly forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, fables, and children’s stories. He won a Tony Award for his popular Broadway play, A Thurber Carnival.

Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss’sThe Happy Day, and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures inA Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Children’s Collection booksThe Backward Day and The Wonderful O.

Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, children's books, and graphic novels. Among his works are the children's booksCoraline, The Wolves in the Walls, and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish;the Sandman graphic novels series; and the fantasy novels Stardustand Smoke and Mirrors. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.