Margot Zemach

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Margot Zemach (1931-1989) an American illustrator, was the illustrator of over forty children's books, mostly adaptions of folk tales from around the world. She was born in Los Angeles and studied at the Los Angeles County Art Institute. When she was growing up during the Great Depression, she drew to make people laugh but never had enough paper. Her illustrating career began when her husband, Harve Zemach, urgerd her to, and they collaborated on their first book in 1959. Since then, they have collaborated on 13 books, including the 1974 Caldecott Medal winning Duffy and the Devil.

Margot Zemach died on May 21, 1989, of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.