Norton Juster was born on June 2, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Phantom Tollbooth, The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) and Jackanory (1965). He was married to Jeanne Betty Edyth Ray. He died on March 8, 2021 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Both his parents were Jewish immigrants; his father, Samuel Juster, was born in Romania and his mother, Minnie Silberman, was of Polish Jewish descent.
He had a tendency for jokes and pranks.
He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and studied city planning at the University of Liverpool in England.
Served in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
His book "The Hello Goodbye Window" won the Caldecott Medal.