Norton Juster

Norton Juster will always be remembered for his classic children's novel-The Phantom Tollbooth. The creator of Milo and the worlds of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis was born in 1929 and is a retired architect and professor of design at Hampshire College.

Juster's classic novel came into being while he was supposed to be working on something else. He'd received a grant to write a children's book on urban aesthetics. After spending six months on it, he was fed up with the work and decided to take a vacation. While lounging on the beach, he started what he figured would be a story just to restart his creative juices. It turned into The Phantom Tollbooth.

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