Glen Harold Rounds was an American writer and illustrator.
18 Facts About Glen Rounds
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Glen Rounds was the recipient of more than 25 literary awards.
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Glen Rounds took an interest in art from a young age, making frequent sketches of characters and scenes from his daily life.
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Glen Rounds pursued formal training in painting and drawing at the Kansas City Art Institute from 1926 to 1927, and at the Art Students League of New York from 1930 to 1931.
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Glen Rounds spent much of the early 1930s visiting publishers in New York City in an attempt to convince editors to give him work as an illustrator.
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The result was Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger, an anthology of Paul Bunyan stories that Glen Rounds later admitted he had largely invented.
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Glen Rounds published a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, all of it written for an audience of children and young adults.
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Late in his career, Glen Rounds struggled with arthritic pain in his right arm.
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In 1989 this condition had grown too severe for him to continue illustrating, so at the age of 83, Glen Rounds taught himself to draw with his left hand, and resumed his work as an illustrator.
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Glen Rounds was the recipient of over 25 awards for writing and illustrating.
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Glen Rounds received the Kerlan Award for children's literature in 1980, and the North Carolina Award for literature in 1981.
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Glen Rounds was the recipient of the Parents' Choice Award and The New York Times Outstanding Book Award.
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Glen Rounds served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1945 in the coast artillery and infantry, attaining the rank of staff sergeant.
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Glen Rounds married his first wife, Mary Lucas, in December 1927; they divorced in 1937.
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Glen Rounds married his second wife, Margaret Olmsted, in January 1938; they remained married until her death in December 1968.
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Glen Rounds married his third wife, Elizabeth High, in 1989; she died in June 2002.
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Glen Rounds died on September 27,2002, in Pinehurst, North Carolina, at the age of 96.
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Glen Rounds was survived by one son, William, and two granddaughters.