Kay Thompson (1909–1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and
coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew
out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson
put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on
what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary
sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more
than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at
Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.
Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine
Sturges, was educated at the Art Students League, where he studied
with Reginald Marsh. Besides the Eloise books, Hilary Knight has
illustrated more than fifty books for children, six of which he
wrote himself. He lives and works in New York City, not far from
The Plaza Hotel.
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