Ezra Jack Keats
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: March 11, 1916
Day of Death: May 6, 1983 (67 years old)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ezra Jack Keats was an award-winning author and illustrator of books for children. He is best known for The Snowy Day, about a little boy playing in the snow. Many of Ezra’s stories are about a group of friends growing up in the city. The neighborhood they live in looks like the streets where Ezra grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
