He also designed sets and costumes for ballet and opera companies around the world, including the New York City Ballet.
NORWALK, Conn. — Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died.
Falconer’s “Olivia” books featured a clever piglet with a great imagination named Olivia, a character he developed for his young niece in 1996. He turned down publishers who wanted the text be written by an outside author. “I am afraid my vanity wouldn’t allow me to relegate myself to ‘illustrated by,'” he said. “I also thought my instincts about the story were, if unpolished, right, and had happened organically with the pictures.”
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