Emily Arnold McCully

About the Author

Emily Arnold McCully is an American illustrator and children’s fiction author best known for “Mirette on the High Wire” a US picture book illustration she wrote in 1993. McCully is a native of Galesburg, Illinois, though she spent much of her childhood in the New York suburb of Garden City. She comes from a creative family as her father wrote for radio shows and her mother was a singer and actress. It was her mother that inspired the creative streak in her even as she was a child. Emily has asserted that it was her mother who recognized that she was trying to draw objects and audiences and encouraged her as she developed her art. She believes that her talent in drawing could someday open the doors for a professional career that would support her. She went to college at Brown University, th. Emily Arnold McCully is the author of over 68 books across 4 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Children's Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Emily Arnold McCully has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.