Born on March 6th, Thacher Hurd was destined to create picture books. His parents, author Edith Thacher Hurd and illustrator Clement Hurd, filled his world with things of the imagination. "I loved to just sit and watch my father work and be in that atmosphere of paint smells, color and creativity."
Always considering himself an illustrator, Thacher Hurd turned to writing when he could find no manuscripts to create pictures for. Titles like Art Dog (1998), Zoom City (1998) and the Mama Don't Allow titles of the 1980's have proved that he can indeed do both.
His most recent book is The Sleepy Cadillac, a bedtime story for those who love anything with wheels.
"To make a book exciting, to make the pages turn, to make a child laugh, to bring out a child's sense of wonder; these are what I am aiming at in my books."
