Norton Juster

Norton Juster was born on June 20, 1929, in New York, New York. He became famous because he writes children’s books. His father was an architect and his brother became an architect as well. He served in the United States Navy. Then he himself became an architect.

He wrote the Phantom Tollbooth in the early 1960’s when he lived in Brooklyn. The illustrator Jules Feiffer was his neighbor at the time. He loves writing but his main job is architecture. He was also once a teacher. He was also a professor of architecture at Hampshire College. Then he retired in 1992.

He owns a small architectural company by the name of Juster Pope Associates in Massachusetts.  But the name changed to Juster Pope Frazier because a guy named Jack Fraizer stepped into the picture. He currently lives in Massachusetts and is married. His wife’s name is Jeanne. Although he’s retired he still writes.

He’s written a lot of books including the Dot and the Line. That book was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. They’ve also made an opera of the “Colorful Symphony” from the book The Phantom Tollbooth.  Other books he’s written are: Otter Nonsense, Stark Naked: A Paranomastic Odyssey, and The Odious Ogre. He continues writing to this day.