Marc Brown Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2006, he won two CINE Golden Eagle awards for "Arthur," one for the episode "The Squirrels/Fern & Persimmony Glitchet" and another for the episodes "Do You Speak George?/World Girls․"
• Majored in graphic design at the Cleveland Institute of Art
• Was inspired by the stories his grandmother and great grandmother would tell him while he was growing up
• The names of his children are hidden in the books he writes
• Known for writing and illustrating the "Arthur" series of children's books, on which the television series of the same name and its spin offs are based
• Credits Fred Rogers for Arthur's success, as Brown believes he set the standard for television geared toward children and family
• Started teaching part time at Boston's Garland Junior College in 1969
• Stated that the Mountain Ash trees that grow in Martha's Vineyard are one of his favorite kids of trees
• Turned an old sheep barn into a garage with an upper story to serve as a studio
• Based many of the characters in his Arthur stories on children from his own third grade class