David Macaulay

Who is this?

David Macaulay (born 2 December 1946) is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988), and its updated revisions The New Way Things Work (1998) and The Way Things Work Now (2016). His illustrations have been featured in nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design, and engineering, and he has written a number of children's fiction books. In 2006, Macaulay was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program award and received the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for his book Black and White, published in 1990.

Career

1. 1946
   Born
2. 1974
   Won Caldecott Honor
3. 1978
   Won Caldecott Honor
4. 1991
   Won Caldecott Medal
5. 2006
   Won MacArthur Fellows Program
6. Won National Humanities Medal
7. Notable work: The Way Things Work
8. Notable work: Black and White
9. Notable work: Cathedral
10. Notable work: Castle

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Lancashire
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: writer, architect, illustrator, university teacher