Steven Kroll was a prolific American author of popular children’s literature. He wrote 96 books, including Is Milton Missing? (1975), The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (1984), Sweet America (2000), When I Dream of Heaven (2000), Jungle Bullies (2006).
Steven Lawrence Kroll was born in Manhattan to Julius and Anita Kroll. His father was a diamond merchant, and his mother served as the director of a shorthand school for a period.
Steven, who had previously been the editor of the literary magazine at the McBurney School in Manhattan, graduated from Harvard in 1962, majoring in American history and literature.
Afterward, Kroll journeyed to London, where he secured an editorial position at Chatto & Windus, a publishing house established in 1855.
Returning to New York in 1965, he became an editor at Holt, Rinehart & Winston. By the early 1970s, he grew weary of improving other people's books and desired to write his own.
Steven Kroll debuted with the book, Is Milton Missing? in 1975. It is a whimsical tale about a young boy pondering how his large dog could have somehow disappeared in their tiny family apartment.
Other books were inspired by Mr. Kroll's walks past the neighborhood pastry shop, delicatessen, drug store, and corner bookshop amid a mix of Jewish, Latino, Asian, and Italian communities.
Sweet America and When I Dream of Heaven, published in 2000, are fictional stories about Italian immigrants in New York during the 1890s. They were based on his hours spent in the lobby of his building, listening to Tony, the night doorman, recount stories of his ancestors on the Lower East Side.
Among his most renowned works is The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (1984), which narrates the tale of two tiny mice vying for that agricultural achievement and ultimately succeeding after their families teach them the importance of collaboration.
In his other famous book, Bullies of the Jungle (2006), the hierarchy in the animal world is shown through the eyes of a monkey being sidelined by larger animals at a watering hole.
Steven Kroll passed away in Manhattan on March 8, 2011. He was 69 years old. The cause of death was complications from gastrointestinal surgery, as stated by his wife, Kathleen Beckett.
Steven Lawrence Kroll was born in Manhattan to Julius and Anita Kroll. His father was a diamond merchant, and his mother served as the director of a shorthand school for a period.
Steven, who had previously been the editor of the literary magazine at the McBurney School in Manhattan, graduated from Harvard in 1962, majoring in American history and literature.
Afterward, Kroll journeyed to London, where he secured an editorial position at Chatto & Windus, a publishing house established in 1855.
Returning to New York in 1965, he became an editor at Holt, Rinehart & Winston. By the early 1970s, he grew weary of improving other people's books and desired to write his own.
Steven Kroll debuted with the book, Is Milton Missing? in 1975. It is a whimsical tale about a young boy pondering how his large dog could have somehow disappeared in their tiny family apartment.
Other books were inspired by Mr. Kroll's walks past the neighborhood pastry shop, delicatessen, drug store, and corner bookshop amid a mix of Jewish, Latino, Asian, and Italian communities.
Sweet America and When I Dream of Heaven, published in 2000, are fictional stories about Italian immigrants in New York during the 1890s. They were based on his hours spent in the lobby of his building, listening to Tony, the night doorman, recount stories of his ancestors on the Lower East Side.
Among his most renowned works is The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (1984), which narrates the tale of two tiny mice vying for that agricultural achievement and ultimately succeeding after their families teach them the importance of collaboration.
In his other famous book, Bullies of the Jungle (2006), the hierarchy in the animal world is shown through the eyes of a monkey being sidelined by larger animals at a watering hole.
Steven Kroll passed away in Manhattan on March 8, 2011. He was 69 years old. The cause of death was complications from gastrointestinal surgery, as stated by his wife, Kathleen Beckett.
years of life: 11 August 1941 – 8 March 2011
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