Aliki Liacouras Brandenberg (born September 3, 1929) is an American author and illustrator of books for children. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... [1]#redirect Book ...
Aliki, who has a grand sense of humor, was born in the United States of Greek parents who moved here shortly before her birth.
Her publisher, however, liked "Aliki" and came up with the clincher: "The name," she was told, "is already in all of the card catalogs." That did it..
In our conversation with Aliki she used "hard" and "difficult" interchangeably to characterize the effort that went into books she has written, illustrations she has painted, research she has done, layouts she has planned and bright ideas she has brought to the printed page.