She based her tales on her experiences with her children and their neighborhood friends. Lillian began writing her own stories upon returning to the United States. Lillian and the children soon moved back to Wilton while Russell stayed in London and remarried in 1975. But within a year, the marriage had become strained. The Hobans raised their four children, Phoebe, Brom, Julia and Esmé, in Norwalk, CT before moving to a woodsy two-and-a-half-acre property in Wilton, CT.

She dedicated herself to dancing until the birth of her second child, Abrom (Brom). She also taught dance for a number of years.

She danced professionally and did choreography on a musical show called Tropical Holiday that aired live on Saturday nights when, according to Hoban, television was in its infancy. After getting married and settling in New York City, Hoban gave up art to study dance at the Hanya Holm School. She won a scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where she majored in Illustration. At age 14, she started classes at the Graphic Sketch Club where she met her husband and collaborator Russell Hoban. She was always interested in art and wanted to become an artist. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls. Lillian Hoban born in Philadelphia and was the youngest of three sisters. According to OCLC, she has published 326 works in 1,401 publications in 11 languages. Lillian Hoban (– July 17, 1998) was an American illustrator and children's writer best known for picture books created with her husband Russell Hoban. Urn:lcp:bedtimeforfrance00hoba_0:epub:67a87aee-572b-48e9-8e43-3b4edcf2c756 Extramarc NYU Bobcat Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bedtimeforfrance00hoba_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t70w0563w Invoice 11 Isbn 0060223502Ħ0008347 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL1117641M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 03:55:31 Bookplateleaf 0009 Boxid IA165709 Boxid_2 CH120121114-BL1 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Berkeley Heights, N.J.

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