Authors & Illustrators represented by Don Congdon Associates

Lee Kennett (1931-2011) was born on August 11, 1931 in Greensboro, N.C. He had a brilliant international career as a historian and a writer, where he specialized in military history. Among the many honors, prizes, and awards he received, especially significant are the University of Georgia Research Award, the Lindbergh Professorship at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the position of visiting lecturer at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aeronautical Section, in Moscow, and his decoration by the French Government as Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes Academiques, for "services to French culture." Besides his devotion to Clio, the Muse of History, Lee liked to take care of his old cars and his cats. He was also a clever handyman, and an enthusiastic partisan of the "do it yourself".

Jessie King Regunberg is a painter, illustrator, and writer. After graduating with a BA from Vassar College and earning her MA from the University of Pennsylvania, she was midway through her dissertation in early American women’s history when she was derailed by the birth of her second, and then third baby. After a couple of sleepless years, Jessie found her way back to making art, something that brought her great joy throughout childhood and high school. Under the mentorship and guidance of her aunt – and best-selling children’s book illustrator – Robin Preiss Glasser, Jessie has begun to build a career for herself in the art world.

Jessie paints what brings her joy. She loves working in miniature but is just as happy to paint in traditional sizes. She is known for her still life paintings of treasures, florals, and miniature portraits. Her preferred medium is gouache, but Jessie has recently been playing with digital painting on her iPad.

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Rita Kramer (1929-2023) grew up in the Midwest. After graduation with honors from The University of Chicago she studied English literature at Columbia University and began a career as a freelance editor for several New York publishing firms. Her writing career combined topical journalism with books on subjects ranging from the crisis in America’s schools to the drama of resistance in the Second World War. Her articles appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, International Herald Tribune, American Heritage, Commentary, The Public Interest, City Journal and other newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and abroad. She also published short stories in various literary magazines.

Dr. Geoffrey Kurland is a Pediatric Pulmonologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Although intensely involved in patient care and teaching, he is also a long-distance runner, a passion he has maintained for many years. He received his undergraduate education at Amherst College, followed by Medical School, Pediatric Residency, and Fellowship training at Stanford University. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife, Kristen. 

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Henry Kuttner (1915-1958) was born in 1915 in Los Angeles, California. He moved to New York in 1940 after his marriage to C.L. Moore to be nearer the writing markets. Joint works included collections like Line to Tomorrow, Ahead of Time, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and well-known short fiction like "The Twonky," "Don't Look Now," "A Gnome There Was," and "Mimsy Were the Borogoves." After burning out as writer, he used the GI Bill for a college education at the University of California, and both he and Moore obtained degrees in psychology. Kuttner died in his sleep in 1958.