Want fewer ads?

Hans Wilhelm (born September 21, 1945) is a German-American writer, children’s book author and illustrator, and artist. Some of his best-known books include “I’ll Always Love You”, “Bunny Trouble” series, “Tyrone The Horrible” series, “Waldo” series, and the “Noodles” books.

Wilhelm was born in Bremen, Germany where he grew up. Following his studies of art and business, he moved for 12 years to South Africa where he worked, painted, and was an acting member of a satirical theater group. His writing career began when he embarked on a three-year trip around the world where he lived in Bali, Spain, England and many other places. Finally he came to America where his career as a writer and illustrator blossomed.

Hans Wilhelm has written and/or illustrated over 200 books — mostly for children. They have been translated in twenty languages and have won numerous international awards and prizes. Many of them have been made into animated television series. Presently there are over thirty five million books by Hans Wilhelm in print.

Hans Wilhelm lives with his wife Judy Henderson in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hans Wilhelm", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0