Born on February 15, 1928, in Kokomo, IN, Norman Bridwell attended John Herron Art Institute, from 1945 to 1949, and Cooper Union Art School, from 1952 to 1953. Bridwell began his career as a messenger for a lettering company in New York City. He was an artist-designer for the Raxon Fabrics Company and an artist for the H. D. Rose Company during the 1950s. He became a free-lance artist in 1956 and has illustrated all of the books that he has written. After living for twenty years in New York City, Norman Bridwell moved to Edgartown, MA, where he currently lives with his wife Norma. They have two children together, daughter, Emily Elizabeth and son, Tim. Bridwell says his interests include photography, classical music and jazz, and he enjoys watching “terrible old movies.” Norman Bridwell has sold over 105,000,000 books, including the popular Clifford, The Big Red Dog series.