Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully is a children's author and illustrator who was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1939, but grew up in Garden City, New York. She attended Pembroke College (now a part of Brown University) and earned an M.A. in Art History from Columbia University.

At Brown University, she acted in the inaugural evening of Production Workshop and other plays, co-wrote the annual musical, Brownbrokers, and earned a phi beta kappa key.

In 1976, she published a short story in The Massachusetts Review. It was selected for the O’Henry Collection: Best Short Stories of the Year. Two novels followed: A Craving in 1982, and Life Drawing in 1986.

As an actor, she performed in Equity productions of Elizabeth Diggs’ Saint Florence at Capital Rep in Albany and The Vineyard Theater in New York City.

Among the awards she has won, Ms. McCully has received a Christopher Award for Picnic, and the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire, the Jane Addams Award, the Giverney Award and an honorary doctorate from Brown University.

References

Emily Arnold McCully illustrated the children's book written by Sylvia Plath titled The Bed book. It is the most whimsical piece by the poet , but the illustrations make it even more endearing. The writing and the pictures make it almost unbelievable that it came from the same tortured soul as Sylvia Plath. The illustrations are prize worthy.

External links

• http://www.emilyarnoldmccully.com/
• http://www.balkinbuddies.com/mccully/index.html
• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/emily-arnold-mccully