John Steven Gurney
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Author and illustrator John Steven Gurney grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and drew caricatures on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the summers. While in college, he won a national poster contest for Molson's Golden Ale vis mere which appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. It was seen by the art directors at Ariel Books and led to his first picture book assignment. He is the illustrator of over 100 children's books including all of the titles in The Bailey School Kids and The A to Z Mysteries series. His illustrations have also appeared in children's magazines like Cricket, Babybug, and Ladybird as well as non-children's magazines like TV Guide and National Lampoon. He also illustrated the board game Guess Who for Milton Bradley. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Mayflower Treasure Hunt (A to Z Mysteries Super Edition, No. 2) (2007) — Illustrator — 958 eksemplarer
Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors / Mrs. Claus Doesn't Climb Telephone Poles (2003) — Illustrator — 23 eksemplarer
A to Z Mysteries Complete 29-Book Set (26 Mysteries and 3 Super Specials) (2009) — Illustrator — 10 eksemplarer
Calendar Mysteries Set of 12: January Joker, February Friend, March Mischief, April Adventure, May Magic, June Jam,… (2009) — Illustrator — 7 eksemplarer
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- Gurney, John
- Fødselsdato
- 1962-01-11
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
- Bopæl
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA - Uddannelse
- Pratt Institute
Hartford Art School (MFA, Illustration) - Erhverv
- freelance illustrator
- Organisationer
- Professeur, School of Historical studies, Newcastle University; Newcastle on Tyne, England, UK (@2007)
- Kort biografi
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John Steven Gurney has illustrated over 140 chapter books and has illustrated board games, advertising, posters, puzzles, and a shopping bag for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. John has worked as a caricature artist from Atlantic City to Las Vegas, and on the streets of New York City, but primarily in New England.
John grew up in Pennsylvania reading Dr. Seuss books and watching Bugs Bunny cartoons. As he grew older his reading material shifted to Mad Magazine, and then to J.R.R. Tolkien (but he never stopped watched Bugs Bunny cartoons). He studied illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and received his MFA in Illustration from the Hartford Art School. He teaches illustration and design at Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA.
John loves visiting schools to talk about illustration. Since 2002 he has visited schools in 31 different states, and five countries. John lives in Brattleboro, Vermont with his wife Kathie. He has used more than 40 people from his town to pose as characters for his books. He loves running and cycling, except when there's too much snow, in which case he cross country skis and plays racquetball.
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