Eric A. Kimmel (born 1946) is an American Jewish author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), and Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster. Trina Schart Hyman ( April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an American Illustrator of children's books The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish Children's literature.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Lafayette College in 1967, a masters degree from New York University, and a Ph. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Lafayette College is a private Coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. D. degree in Education from the University of Illinois in 1973. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of He taught at Indiana University at South Bend, and at Portland State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Education. Indiana University South Bend is the third largest campus of the Indiana University system. Portland State University (PSU is a public state Urban university located in downtown Portland Oregon, United States. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Kimmel currently lives with his wife, Doris, in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers