Lichtenheld, Tom 1953-

PERSONAL:

Born June 14, 1953, in Nixon, IL; son of John and Mabel Lichtenheld; married Jan Miller. Education: Attended University of Wisconsin—Madison.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Geneva, IL.

CAREER:

Advertising creative director in Minneapolis, MN, 1990-2000; Cramer-Krasselt (advertising agency), Chicago, IL, creative director, 2004—. Writer and illustrator of children's books.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Listed among best children's books of the year, Newsweek, 2000, for Everything I Know about Pirates: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Bad Guys of the High Seas; included among fifty best books of the year, Child, 2003, for What Are You So Grumpy About?

WRITINGS:

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

(And illustrator) Everything I Know about Pirates: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Bad Guys of the High Seas, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2000.

(And illustrator) Everything I Know about Monsters: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Creatures of Creepiness, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2002.

(And illustrator) What Are You So Grumpy About?, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2003.

(And illustrator) Everything I Know about Cars: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Cars, Trucks, and Other Zoomy Things, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2003.

(And illustrator) What's with This Room?, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2005.

(Illustrator) Amy Krouse Rosenthal, The OK Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

Tom Lichtenheld told CA: "My venture into children's books began quite by accident, with a pile of drawings and made-up facts about pirates that I created for my nephew. When not writing and illustrating books, I work as a creative director for an advertising agency in Chicago. More than just about anything, I enjoy getting other people's kids all wound up, then sending them home to their parents."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Tom Lichtenheld Home Page,http://www.tomlichtenheld.com (February 19, 2007).