Amy Schwartz (author)
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Amy Schwartz | |
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| Born | April 2, 1954 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 2023 (aged 68) |
| Education | California College of Arts and Crafts (BFA) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Leonard S. Marcus (1990–2023) |
| Children | 1 |
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Amy Schwartz (April 2, 1954 – February 26, 2023)[1][2][3] was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Over thirty years, she published 60 children's books, some of which have been widely recognized. As an illustrator, she was "best known for her warm, humorous tales with a kid-centered point of view, and her equally distinctive gouache and pen-and-ink artwork."[1]
Schwartz was born on April 2, 1954, in San Diego to Henry Schwartz, a writer, and Eva Schwartz, a chemistry professor.[1] She grew up on the West Coast[4] with her parents and three sisters.[1]
Schwartz graduated high school early and started university at Antioch College, though she transferred to California College of Arts and Crafts a year later.[1] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing in 1976.[1] Three years later, she illustrated her first book.[1] The publication inspired her to move to New York City for work, where she eventually settled.[1][2] Early in her time in New York, she took a course about writing and illustrating children's books from the School for Visual Arts, which led to her first publication in 1982, Bea and Mrs. Jones.[1] Throughout the 1980s, she wrote and illustrated multiple books and was able to do so full-time.[1]
Schwartz married Leonard S. Marcus in 1990, and in 1992, they had a son, Jacob.[1][2]
Before her sudden death on February 26, 2023,[1] she lived in Brooklyn with her husband.[5]
