Guy Pene Du Bois

Born: 1916

Death: 1993

Biography:

William Sherman "Billy" Pène du Bois[a] (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for The Twenty-One Balloons, published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal. As illustrator he was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal. The Twenty-One Ba...