Eric Carle was born on June 25, 1929 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (2013), Gotham Reads (2020) and The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver (1978). He was married to Barbara Morrison and Dorothea Wohlenberg. He died on May 23, 2021 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.