Male : Novelist, illustrator & children's writer. Married Lillian Aberman in 1944. She illustrated many of his books. Lived in London from 1969. Married Gundula Ahl in 1975.

Nationality : American Place of Birth : Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth : 1925

Other Work : Advertising & illustrator for Time-Life magazines

Education : Lansdale HS & Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art

ADULTS
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973 Cape)
Kleinzeit (1974 Cape)
Turtle Diary (1975 UK)
[Filmed in 1985]
Riddley Walker (1980 Cape) (1980 Summit)
Pilgerman (1983 Cape £7.95)
The Medusa Frequency (1987 Cape £10.95)
The Moment Under the Moment : Stories, A Libretto, Essays & Sketches (1992 Cape £14.99)
Mr Rinyo-Clackton's Offer (1998 Cape £14.99)
Amaryllis Night and Day (2001 Bloomsbury £9.99)
The Bat Tattoo (2002 Bloomsbury £15.99)
Her Name was Lola (2003 Bloomsbury £15.99)
Come Dance with Me (2005 Bloomsbury £15.99)

CHILDREN
1959-1960
What Does It Do and How Does it Work ? (Power shovel, Dump Truck, & Other heavy Machines)
(1959 Harper)
The Atomic Submarine : A Practice Combat Control Under the Sea (1960 Harper)
Bedtime for Frances (1960 US) (1963 Faber) - Garth Williams
Herman the Loser (1960 US,1972 World's Work) - Lilian Hoban

1961-1965
All illustrated by Lilian Hoban down to 1972
The Song in My Drum (1962 Harper)
London Men and English Men (1962 Harper)
Some Snow Said Hello (1963 Harper)
The Sorely Trying Day (1964 Harper) (1965 World's Work)
A Baby Sister for Frances (1964 Harper,1965 Faber)
Bread and Jam for Frances (1964 Harper,1965 Faber)
Nothing to Do (1964 Harper)
Tom and Two Handles (1965 Harper,1969 World's Work)
The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer (1965 Norton, 1969 World's Work)
What Happened when Jack & Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies (1965 4 Winds Press)

1966-1970
Goodnight (1966 Norton,1969 World's Work)
Henry and the Monstrous Din (1966 Harper, 1967 World's Work)
The Little Brute Family (1966 Macmillan US)
Save My Place (1967 Norton)
Charlie the Tramp (1967 4 Winds Press)
The Mouse and His Child (1967 Harper, 1969 Faber)
The Pedaling Man & Other Poems (1968 Norton, 1969 World's Work)
A Birthday for Frances (1968 Harper, 1970 Faber)
The Stone Doll of Sister Brute (1968 Macmillan)
Harvey's Hideout (1969 Parent's Magazine Press, 1973 Cape)
Best Friends for Frances (1969 Harper, 1971 Faber)
The Mole's Family Christmas (1969 Parent's Magazine Press, 1973 Cape)
Ugly Bird (1969 Macmillan US)
A Bargain for Frances (1970 Harper, 1971 World's Work)

1971-1975
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1971 PMP, 1971 World's Work)
Egg Thoughts and other Frances Songs (1972 Harper, 1973 Faber)
The Sea-Thing Child (1972 Harper, 1972 Gollancz) - Brom Hoban
Letitia Rabbit's String Song (1973 Coward McCann) - Mary Chalmers
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen (1974 Atheneum) (1974 Cape) - Quentin Blake
Ten What ? A Mystery Counting Book (1974 Cape, 1975 Scribner) - Sylvie Selig
Dinner at Alberta's (1975 Crowell, 1977 Cape) - James Marshall
Crocodile and Pierrot (1975 Cape, 1977 Scribner) - Sylvie Selig
A Near Thing for Captain Najork (1975 Cape, 1976 Atheneum) - Quentin Blake

1976-1980
Arthur's New Power (1978 Crowell, 1980 Gollancz) - Byron Barton
The Twenty-Elephant Restaurant (1978 Atheneum) (1980 Cape) - Emily McCully
The Dancing Tigers (1979 Cape) - David Gentleman
La Corona and the Tin Frog (1979 Cape) - Nicola Bayley
Flat Cat (1980 Methuen, 1980 Philomel) - Clive Scruton
Ace Dragon Ltd (1980 Cape) - Quentin Blake

1981 Onwards
The Serpent Tower (1981 Methuen) - David Scott
The Great Fruit Gum Robbery (1981 Methuen) - Colin McNaughton
The Great Gumdrop Robbery (1982 Philomel) [as above]
They Came from Aargh! (1981 Methuen, 1981 Philomel) - Colin McNaughton
The Battle of Zormla (1982 Methuen, 1982 Philomel) - Colin McNaughton
The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk (1982 Methuen, 1982 Philomel) - Colin McNaughton
Ponders (1983 Walker) - 4 titles Martin Baynton
Big John Turkle (1983) - laminated boards. Martin Baynton
Jim frog (1983 Walker Books) - Martin Baynton
The Rain Door (1986 Gollancz) - Quentin Blake
Marzipan Pig (1986 Cape) - Quentin Blake
MOLE (Much Overworked Little Earthmover) (1993 Cape £9.99) - Jan Pienkowski
The Trokeville Way (1997 Cape £12.99)
Angelica's Grotto (1999 Bloomsbury £10)