Larry Karp

Welcome to my listing on MWA's Web site. I have been a member of this fabulous organization since 1976 when my first mystery for young readers was published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. The title of the book was "Detective Mole"about mole character who solves cases in his community of animals wearing a deerstalker and a trenchcoat. When he is indoors he wears dark glasses because his eyes are very tiny from living underground. He enormous hands for digging are perfect for finding clues. The good detective became so popular with children that a series was created for him. "Detective Mole and the Halloween Mystery" won an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award for best juvenile mystery of 1982. After Dectective Mole came the Miss Mallard Mysteries which went on to become animated films for children's international television broadcasting and DVD in five languages. Sherlock Chick and others followed after that. All of them are like family to me. I have no favorites. Thank you again for visiting my MWA listing. For futher information please wisit my Web site www.rquackenbush.com. Best wishes, Robert Quackenbush.

Robert Quackenbush is the author/illustrator over over 200 books for young readers. Born in Hollywood, California, raised in Phoenix, Arizona, he came to New York to begin his career as an artist after graduating from the Art Center College of Design in California. His first job was as art director for Scandinavian Airlines in New York and Stockholm, Sweden. In Sweden he became intensely interested in printmaking and left his position as art director to become a full-time fine art printmaker, specializing in woodcuts. His prints were exhibited at the Whitney Museum and were seen by publishers. He received commissions from Sports Illustrated and other magazines as well as from book publishers. After illustrating Hans Christian Anderson's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" for Holt Rhinehart and Winston he was in demand to illustrate more books for young readers for other publishers. Then he went on to write and illustrate his own books including the popular Henry the Duck series and many more. He has won many prizes and awards for his art and books. His art is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. In addition to winning an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award, and a Gradiva Award, he received a gold medal from the Holland Society of New York for distincion in art and literature. He teaches art and writing to children and adults at his Manhattan Studio. Each July he holds a conference there on Writing and Illustrating Books for Young Readers to beginners and advanced people who want to enter the field of children's literature. For more information, visit www.rquackenbush.com.