Filled with little-known facts, this is the perfect book for readers interested in magic and the history of Houdini. The book details his career as an escape artist and explains how he evolved into the andldquo King of Handcuffsandrdquo on the vaudeville circuit and became an international star as his escape attempts reached ever more elaborate and dangerous heights. Readers will learn all about Houdiniandrsquo s unique rags-to-riches story, from his birth in a Hungarian ghetto to his death from a ruptured appendix at age fifty-two. I live in Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California.This illustrated biography of Harry Houdini combines original artwork and archival artifactsandmdash including photographs, playbills and posters, letters, and even some of Houdiniandrsquo s own stage propsandmdash to bring the story of the worldandrsquo s greatest escape artist to life.
I have also written a few other books myself, including The Boy of a Thousand Faces, but The Invention of Hugo Cabret is by far the longest and most involved book I’ve ever worked on. Since then, I have illustrated many books for children, including Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott Honor. My first book, The Houdini Box, which I both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1991 while I was still working at the bookstore. While I was at Eeyore’s I also painted the windows for holidays and book events. I learned all about children’s books from my boss Steve Geck who is now an editor of children’s books at Greenwillow.
I studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and after I graduated from college I worked at Eeyore’s Books for Children in New York City.
I have a sister who is a teacher, a brother who is a brain surgeon, and five nephews and one niece. My name is Brian Selznick and I’m the author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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