George and Martha

James Marshall (1942– 1992) created dozens of exuberant and captivating books for children, including The Stupids, Miss Nelson Is Missing! , and the ever-popular George and Martha books. Before creating his canon of classic, hilarious children’ s books, James Marshall played the viola, studied French, and received a master’ s degree from Trinity College. He also doodled. It was the doodles, and the unforgettable characters that emerged from them, that led him to his life’ s work as one of the finest creators of children’ s books of the twentieth century. In 2007, James Marshall was posthumously awarded the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children.