Biography
Leigh Grant was born in Greenwich, CT. In 1982, she married John Antony (Tony) Doumlele, Jr. They have two children: Nicholas and Kyra.
EDUCATION
1965 Graduation from Greenwich Academy
1967 Hollins Abroad in Paris
1969 Graduation from Hollins College (now University) – BA Art History
1971 Graduation from Pratt Institute – BFA cum laude
2009 NYU Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (LONDON)
1972 The Year of the Badger (Burkett, MacMillan)
Playing Ball (Heineman)
Mary Mary (Collins) – two of series
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (UNITED STATES)
1974 I'm Moving (Hickman, Abingdon)
Naomi in the Middle (Klein, Dial)
Secret Box Mystery (Nixon, Putnam)
1975 Why Couldn't I Be an Only Kid Like You, Wigger (Hazen, Atheneum)
The Jolly Witch (Burch, Dutton)
What If A Lion Eats Me and I Fall Into A Hippopotamus' Mudhole?
(Hanlon, Delacorte)
1976 Isn't It A Wonder? (Goddard, Abingdon)
1977 Small Bear's Birthday Party (Holl, Garrard)
Kid Power (Pfeffer, Franklin Watts)
Small Bear's Busy Day (Holl, Garrard)
1978 It Can't Hurt Forever (Singer, Harper & Row)
Mystery at Fire Island (Four Winds
Sleep and Dreams (Franklin Watts)
Smallest Life Around Us (Anderson, Crown) – Best Science Book
For Young Readers - N Y Academy of Sciences
Where Will All The Animals Go? (Holaves, Golden Books)
1979 Friends Are Like That (Bank Street Anthology, Crowell)
Mystery of the Runaway Sled (Frost, Troll)
1980 Whose House Is It? (Hopf, Dodd Mead)
1982 Tarantulas on the Brain (Singer, Harper & Row)
Wonders of the Pond (Sabin, Troll)
1983 The Lion Upstairs ((Krensky, Atheneum)
1984 Kenny Wild's Hair (Greeson, Franklin Watts)
Ringo, the Robber Raccoon (Leslie, Dodd Mead)
1988 Mother Goose Rhymes for All Times (retold by Corey, Warner Jr.)
1989 Shoeshine Girl (Bulla, Crowell)
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY LEIGH GRANT
1995 The Twelve Days of Christmas: A History and Celebration
Steven Dohanos Award for Our Own Show 1995
Book of the Month Club selection
Appearance on the Christmas Today Show with Katie Couric
POP-UP BOOKS – CO-WRITTEN WITH SUSIE ELWES, EDITOR
1995 Rome – A Fold-out History (International by different publishers)
2007 Amazing Egypt Pop-o-rama (International by different publishers)
ARTICLE
2008 Preserving the Merritt Parkway, Hog River Journal, pg. 57
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Illustrators (artist member)
National League of American Pen Women (writer member)
Silvermine Group of Artists (artist member)
Appraisers Association of America (associate member-12 years)
Author's Guild (writer member)
REPRESENTATION
Black Hawk Literary Agency
HER WRITING
As an appraiser of fine art, Leigh Grant writes frequently for private clients. Mask of Dreams is her debut novel.
The following is an interview with Leigh posted on the Poetry Page of the Norwalk Library, Norwalk, CT 06850 on 02/12/21:
http://www.norwalkpl.org/DocumentCenter/View/8536/Our-Interview-with-Author-and-Artist-Leigh-Grant-3?bidId=