Norman Bridwell is an American

United States

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 author

Author

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 and cartoonist

Cartoonist

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, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American children's book series first published in 1963. Written by Norman Bridwell, the series helped establish Scholastic Books as a premier publishing company....

 series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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 and Cooper Union

Cooper Union

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...

 in New York City. He currently resides on Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....

, MA, where he continues to write an average of two books a year. There are over 126 million copies of his books in print in 13 languages.

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