Featured Author: Norman Bridwell

Norman Ray Bridwell (February 15, 1928 – December 12, 2014) was an American author and cartoonist best known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series. Bridwell was born on February 15, 1928,in Kokomo, Indiana, to Leona and Vern Bridwell.^[4] He graduated from Kokomo High School in 1945, and went on to attend John Herron School of Art at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, and Cooper Union, in New York City.

In 1958, Bridwell was married to his wife Norma Ellen Howard. They had a daughter Emily Elizabeth Merz and a son named Tim. At the time of his death, they had three grandchildren.

The Bridwells resided in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, from 1969 until his death.