Brian Selznick (born July 14, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and The Marvels (2015) and Wonderstruck (2011). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret.[2][3] He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series.
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Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, New York Times bestseller, History, Families, Spanish language materials, Adventure and adventurers, Family life, Family, fiction, Historia, Juvenile literature, Monkeys, Motion pictures, New York Times reviewed, Orphans, Private investigators, Production and direction, Robots, Robots, fiction, Runaway children, Runaways, fiction, Theaters, 1850-1950, AIDS (Disease)People
Brian Selznick, Charley Parkhurst (1812-1879), Charley Parkhurst (d. 1879), Charlotte, Etienne, Georges Méliès, Georges Méliès' automaton, Harry Houdini (1874-1926), Hugo Cabret, Hugo's father, Isabelle, Jeanne Méliès, Madame Emile, René Tabard, Station inspector, Uncle ClaudeID Numbers
- OLID: OL31051A
- GoodReads: 38120
- ISNI: 000000011075375X
- IMDb: nm2561765
- Library of Congress Names: n90689711
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- VIAF: 85850606
- Wikidata: Q913061
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q913061
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