Leonard S. Marcus
{{Short description|Author and children's literature expert}}
{{Distinguish| Leonard J. Marcus}}
Leonard S. Marcus (born December 11, 1950){{cite web | url=http://Marcus, Leonard S. 1950–/doc/1G2-3071300059.html | title=Marcus, Leonard S. 1950– | publisher=Marcus, Leonard S. 1950– | accessdate=4 April 2016}} is an American author and expert on English language children's literature. Marcus has been a critic for several publications including Horn Book and the New York Times Book review.{{cite web | url=http://vcfa.edu/wcya/faculty/leonard-s-marcus | title=Leonard S. Marcus / Visiting Writer | publisher=Vermont College of Fine Arts | accessdate=4 April 2016}} Born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he attended Yale University (Class of 1972) and was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine.{{cn|date=February 2020}}
Marcus was married to children's book author and illustrator Amy Schwartz from 1990 until her death in 2023. The couple had one son.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 3, 2023 |title=Obituary Note: Amy Schwartz |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4428 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306192931/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4428 |archive-date=2023-03-06 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Shelf Awareness}}{{Cite web |last=Maughan |first=Shannon |date=2023-03-02 |title=Obituary: Amy Schwartz |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91668-obituary-amy-schwartz.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302183959/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91668-obituary-amy-schwartz.html |archive-date=2023-03-02 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}
Works
- You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell (September 16, 2021){{Cite web |last= |first= |title=You Can't Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell |url=https://www.slj.com/review/you-cant-say-that-writers-for-young-people-talk-about-censorship-free-expression-and-the-stories-they-have-to-tell |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=School Library Journal}}{{Cite web |date= |title=You Can't Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell by |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780763690366 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
- Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration (Walker UK/Candlewick USA, fall 2017)
- The Runaway Bunny 75th Anniversary Book (HarperCollins, spring 2017)
- Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box (Candlewick, fall 2016)
- Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing (Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)
- Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work (Abrams, 2013)
- Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L’Engle in Many Voices (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012)
- Show Me A Story! Why Picture Books Matter (Candlewick, 2012)
- The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf, 2011)
- Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (Candlewick, 2009)
- Minders of MakeBelieve: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)
- A Caldecott Celebration: Seven Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal (expanded, tenthanniversary edition) (Walker, 2008)
- Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way (Random House, 2007)
- Pass It Down: Five PictureBook Families Make Their Mark (Walker, 2007)
- Oscar: The Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey, coauthored with Amy Schwartz; illustrated by Amy Schwartz, (Harper/Tegen, 2006)
- The Wand In The Word: Conversations With Writers of Fantasy (Candlewick Press, 2006)
- Storied City: A Children's BookWalking Tour Guide to New York City (Dutton, 2003)
- Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book (Dutton, 2002)
- Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture Book Teams Go To Work (Walker, 2001)
- Author Talk (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
- Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (ed) (HarperCollins, 1998; 2000)
- Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon (Beacon, 1992; Harper Perennial, 1999)
- A Caldecott Celebration: Six Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal (Walker, 1998)
- The Making of Goodnight Moon: A Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective (HarperCollins, 1997)
- Morrow Junior Books: The First Fifty Years (Morrow, 1996)
- 75 Years of Children’s Book Week Posters (Knopf, 1994)
- Lifelines: A Poetry Anthology (Dutton, 1994)
- Mother Goose's Little Misfortunes (Bradbury, 1990)
- Humor and Play in Children's Literature (Johns Hopkins UP, 1989)
- An Epinal Album: Popular Prints from Nineteenth Century France (Godine, 1984)
- Picture Books (Johns Hopkins UP, 1984)
- Petrouchka (Godine, 1983)
External links
- [http://www.leonardmarcus.com/ Official website]
- Leonard S. Marcus Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
References
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Category:Historians from New York (state)
Category:American literary critics
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers