Laura NUMEROFF — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of the "If You Give..." series, including "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" (1985)
Authored and illustrated her first nine books, with "Amy for Short" published in 1975
Published her autobiography, "If You Give an Author a Pencil" (2003)
Graduated from Pratt Institute in 1975

Biography

Laura Joffe Numeroff, born July 14, 1953, is an American author and illustrator of children's books. She is widely recognized as the author of the best-selling "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," which launched the popular "If You Give..." series.

Numeroff decided to become a writer by age nine, crediting E. B. White's *Stuart Little* and Kay Thompson's *Eloise* as inspirations.