She lives in Chatham with her partner, playwright Elizabeth Diggs. Īs an actor, she performed in Equity productions of Elizabeth Diggs’ Saint Florence at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY and The Vineyard Theater in New York City. It has received rave reviews from The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal. In 2012, McCully published Ballerina Swan with Holiday House Books for Young People, written by legendary prima ballerina Allegra Kent. Two novels followed: A Craving in 1982, and Life Drawing in 1986. It was selected for the O'Henry Collection: Best Short Stories of the Year. In 1976, she published a short story in The Massachusetts Review. At Brown she acted in the inaugural evening of Production Workshop and other plays, co-wrote the 1960 Brownbrokers musical Happily Never After with Elizabeth Diggs, and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. She graduated from Pembroke College, now a part of Brown University, in 1961 and earned an M.A. picture book illustration in 1993 recognizing Mirette on the High Wire which she also wrote.Īrnold was born in Galesburg, Illinois, but grew up in Garden City, New York. She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U.S. American writer and illustrator (born 1939)Įmily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books.
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