Because of his young daughter, Bridwell chose to write a story about an illustration he had made of a little girl and a big red bloodhound. An editor at Harper & Row advised him that he might find success by writing a story about one of his pictures. He considered supplementing his income by illustrating picture books. Bridwell found himself having to support a wife and infant daughter on extra money he picked up doing freelance artwork.
He studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis and Cooper Union Art School in New York before working as a commercial artist for 12 years. Norman Bridwell was born in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1928, according to a biography by Scholastic Books. Norman Ray Bridwell of Edgartown, who brought delight to millions of readers young and old as the author of Clifford the Big Red Dog series of books, died on Friday, December 12, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
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