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Brock Cole

b. 1938

American children's illustrator and writer

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Born 1938. Brock Cole is an American writer and children's writer.

Brock Cole (born May 29, 1938) is an American children's author and illustrator. He is an author and illustrator of pictures books for children as well as a writer of novels and novellas for young adult readers. The subject matter of his juvenile fiction is perhaps more controversial than that of his peers, landing him on the ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990-2000. Though some of his books have been challenged for content, he has become well known for his style and form.

Born in Charlotte, Michigan Cole spent most of his childhood moving around the Midwest with his family, as his father was a dentist in the army during World War II. Cole attended Kenyon College where he earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1960 and then the University of Minnesota where he earned a PhD in Philosophy in 1972. Before becoming an author Cole was a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Cole is married to the Classicist Susan Guettel Cole, who taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1975-1992 and the University at Buffalo from 1992-2008. The Coles reside in Buffalo, New York and have two children and two grandchildren.

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University of Minnesota, Kenyon College

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Who is Brock Cole?

American children's illustrator and writer

When was Brock Cole born?

Brock Cole was born on 29 May 1938 in Charlotte.

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Brock Cole is a writer and children's writer.

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Brock Cole is American.

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· Wikipedia: Brock Cole

· Wikidata: Q4972703

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