Juster’s death was confirmed on Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before. As Juster wrote in the introduction to a reissue of The Phantom Tollbooth, he first thought of the book when he was in his late 20s and working at an architectural firm in New York City. Published in 1961, The Phantom Tollbooth followed the adventures of young Milo through the Kingdom of Wisdom, a land extending from The Foothills Of Confusion to The Valley Of Sound. Drawings were provided by his roommate at the time, Jules Feiffer, who would later collaborate with Juster on The Odious Ogre, published in 2010.

Source: Irish Independent March 09, 2021 17:37 UTC