作者
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1959年八月25日)
伊恩・福爾剋納，為《紐約客》雜志畫過無數的插畫以及封面，他也曾替紐約市芭蕾舞團做過服裝及舞臺設計，做過舊金山歌劇院和英國皇傢歌劇院的舞臺設計。《奧莉薇》是伊恩的第一本童書，卻一鳴驚人，該書不僅名列“出版人周刊”的年度暢銷繪本第四名，至今仍居紐約時報的每周暢銷繪本榜，這衹可愛的小肥豬也為伊恩贏得2001年凱迪剋銀牌奬。
Ian Woodward Falconer (born August 25, 1959) is an American author and illustrator of children's books, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He has created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications. Falconer wrote and illustrated the Olivia series of children's books, chronicling the adventures of a young pig, a series initially conceived as a Christmas gift for his young niece. Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Falconer graduated from The Cambridge School of Weston, studied art history at New York University, and studied painting at Parsons School of Design and the Otis Art Institute.