Ed Young

Ed Tse-chun Young (; November 28, 1931 – September 29, 2023) was a Chinese-born American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. He has received many awards and recognitions, including the Caldecott Medal and Lifetime Achievement awards for his contributions as a children's illustrator. Biography Ed Young was born on November 28, 1931, in Tianjin, China. When he was three years old, he and his family moved to Shanghai. From an early age, Ed loved to create stories and draw pictures. In 1951, Young came to the U.S. to study architecture. He grew more interested in art and switched his major. Young's first job was with a New York advertising agency where he spent his lunch breaks sketching animals at the Central Park Zoo. He died at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on September 29, 2023, at the age of 91. Work Young's first book, The Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories, was published by Harper & Row in 1962. He expected it to be his first and last book, but it won an American Institute of Graphic Arts award and launched his career. Most of his books use colours and images to convey hidden symbolism, and utilize pencil, pastel, cut paper, collage, ink, photographs, light and shadows, and found materials.