Evaline Ness

Evaline Ness
Evaline Ness
Born	Evaline Michelow; April 24, 1911; Union City, Ohio, U.S.
Died	August 12, 1986 (aged 75); Kingston, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Illustrator; writer;
Period	1954–1983; 1930s–1950s (fashion);
Genre	Children's picture books; young adult fiction; fashion;
Notable works	Sam, Bangs and Moonshine and three Caldecott Medal runners-up; The Chronicles of Prydain (covers and maps);
Notable awards	Caldecott Medal ; 1967 ;

Evaline Ness (April 24, 1911 – August 12, 1986) was an American commercial artist, illustrator, and author of children's books. She illustrated more than thirty books for young readers and wrote several of her own. She used a great variety of artistic media and methods.

As an illustrator of picture books she was one of three Caldecott Medal runners-up each year from 1964 to 1966 and she won the 1967 Medal for Sam, Bangs and Moonshine, which she also wrote. In 1972 she was the U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators.

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