Tomie DePaola
personal-info
known-for
Writing
gender
Male
birthday
1934-09-15
place-of-birth
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
also-known-as
biography
Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books. He received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to American children's literature in 2011.