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James Thurber (1894-1961) was one of the preeminent American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century. Most famous for his widely anthologized short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, he was a contributor to The New Yorker for more than thirty years and wrote nearly forty books--collections of essays, short stories, fables, and childrens stories, including The 13 Clocks and the Caldecott Medal winner Many Moons. n Marc Simont (illustrations; 1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books, among them James Thurbers The 13 Clocks and a 1990 edition of Thurbers Many Moons. He worked with such authors as Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (on the Nate the Great series) and Margaret Wise Brown and won both a Caldecott Honor and a Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of childrens books. n nRansom Riggs (introduction) is the author of the multimillion-copy #1 New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children--now a major motion picture by Tim Burton--as well as its bestselling sequels Hollow City and Library of Souls and the companion volume Tales of the Peculiar. He grew up in Florida and now lives in Los Angeles.n
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