Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd author biography, plus links to books by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd.

Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd

Laura Amy Schlitz is the author of The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy and A Drowned Maiden's Hair. She wrote the pieces in Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! for students at the Park School in Baltimore, where she works as a librarian. She has also worked as a storyteller, a costumer, an actress, and a playwright; her plays for young people have been produced in theaters all over the country. Laura Amy Schlitz lives in Baltimore.

Robert Byrd teaches children s book illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He is the author-illustrator of many books, including Leonard: Beautiful Dreamer; Finn Maccoul and His Fearless Wife; and The Hero and the Minotaur. He also illustrated Laura Amy Schlitz s first book for children, The Hero Schliemann, about the life of a nineteenth-century amateur archaeologist. Robert Byrd lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey.

This biography was last updated on 07/24/2007.

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