William Steig was born Nov. 14, 1907, in Brooklyn, N.Y., where his parents, who were Austro-Hungarian immigrants, had settled, but the family soon moved to the Bronx.

William Steig is one. His books are silly and sweet, as books for children should be, but they are also unsettling, strange, and sometimes scary. Beauty and dread coexist; ...

William Steig, 95, whose cartoons and children's books showing put-upon men, snide children and lonely ogres gave acerbic delight to generations of readers, died Oct. 3 at his home in Boston.

William Steig, Author, William Steig, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $7.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-85706-5 Originally published in black-and-white, William Steig added color to his 1968 puzzler (in ...

When I was a kid, this is exactly how I felt about William Steig. When story time rolled around, it was impossible to choose which of his picture books I wanted in the 20 minutes before bed, ...

William Steig, an illustrator for The New Yorker, created the green ogre Shrek, who'd go on to movie fame with the DreamWorks films and hits the stage in a Broadway-bound production, "Shrek the ...

William Steig, New Yorker mag illustrator and author of children’s books including “Shrek!,” which was adapted into the acclaimed DreamWorks film, died Friday Oct. 3 of natural causes at his ...