Brown, Marc: - "Marc Brown is, perhaps, best known as creator, author and illustrator of the Arthur children's books that inspired the award winning animated PBS series. He has been working with the beloved aardvark for over forty years. Born one night when Brown was telling a bedtime story to his son, Arthur soon evolved into the book Arthur's Nose, published in 1976. Since then, Brown has written and illustrated many Arthur and D.W. books, and has illustrated many other bestsellers with other authors - including several with his wife, author, artist and psychologist, Laurie Krasny Brown."