What is James Stevenson?
'''James Stevenson''' (July 11, 1929 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an American [[illustrator]] and [[author]]. He wrote over 100 children's books. His cartoons appeared regularly in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=15426 |title=James Stevenson: biography |access-date=27 February 2010 |publisher=HarperCollins Children's Books |archive-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216165845/http://harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=15426 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He usually used a special [[comic book]] style of illustration that is very well known. His books, like ''What's Under My Bed'', have been featured on the ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' television series. He was born in [[New York City]]. Stevenson died on February 17, 2017 in the neighborhood of [[Cos Cob, Connecticut|Cos Cob]] in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], from complications of [[pneumonia]], aged 87. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.answers.com/topic/james-stevenson-1 Biography and bibliography] at Answers.com (Gale Biographies of Children's Authors) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, James}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Connecticut]] [[Category:American illustrators]] [[Category:American children's writers]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}