Norton Juster, June 2, 1929 -
American author; civil engineer. Born in Brooklyn, NY. His most famous book is "The Phantom Tollbooth", written in 1961, and still available at your local bookstore at this writing. Sadly, most of his other books are out of print.
Eighth Grader Teresa Tackett has a delightful write-up about Mr. Juster at:
http://www9.chatham.k12.nc.us/NCS/Authors/Norton%20Juster/nortonjuster.html