American author of children’s books and young adult fiction Daniel Pinkwater was born on Nov. 15, 1941, in Memphis, Tenn.
American author of children’s books and young adult fiction Daniel Pinkwater was born on Nov. 15, 1941, in Memphis, Tenn.
His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, and when he was two years old, his family moved to Chicago. They lived there until he was eight, when the family moved to Los Angeles and back to Chicago when he was a teenager.
He began writing and drawing at an early age, and in fifth grade, he wrote one-page comedy stories. He won a short story contest and won a subscription to National Geographic. After graduating high school, he attended Bard College in New York State for a short time as an art major, then left to become an apprentice to sculptor David Nyvall in Chicago.
Daniel married Jill Schultz, a teacher, writer and artist, in 1969, and they lived in a very old farmhouse in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He wrote and illustrated his first book, “The Terrible Roar,” in 1970. He and Jill published a dog training book. Daniel is an occasional commentator on National Public Radio. He has written at least one hundred books with his newest book coming out in April 2025, titled “Jules, Penny and the Rooster.”
Jill passed away in 2022. We have Daniel’s B-2 book “Aunt Lulu.”
