Marc Tolon Brown; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); CINAR Productions Inc.; Sony Wonder (Firm); Random House Video.

Marc Tolon Brown (born November 25, 1946, in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American author and illustrator best known for creating the Arthur series of children's books, which he also helped adapt into a popular PBS Kids animated television series. Before focusing on children's literature, he worked as a television art director, college professor, and in various other roles, studying art at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He has won multiple awards, including three Emmys for the Arthur TV show, and lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife and children.