Lane Smith
, b. 1959
Lane Smith is a celebrated and prolific American writer and illustrator of children's books. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in Corona, California. He has been creating children's books since the 1980s and has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Caldecott Medal for The Stinky Cheese Man (1992, with Jon Scieszka) and Grandpa Green (2012). In 2012 he was named an "Honour Artist" by The Eric Carle Museum for his innovative contribution to the field of children's book illustration and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2014. His eclectic style fuses high and lowbrow elements, and his work is both comic and serious. Smith has collaborated with many well-known children's authors, including Jon Scieszka. Most of his projects also involve his partner, designer Molly Leach. The couple lives in rural Connecticut.
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http://www.lanesmithbooks.com/LaneSmithBooks/Bio.html (accessed: May 24, 2019, no longer active)
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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