Bob Eckstein is an award-winning illustrator, writer, and cartoonist for the New Yorker, New York Times, New York Daily News and many others well-known publications. A frequent speaker, he is also the author/illustrator of The New York Times Bestselling book FOOTNOTES FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKSTORES (Potter Style, October 2016 [26K copies sold]), THE HISTORY OF THE SNOWMAN (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007), and the forthcoming book THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SNOWMAN (Globe Pequot, Fall 2018). Almost all of the contributors are award-winning artists, including Bob Eckstein, the editor of the collection. Roz Chast just was named Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
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