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Mr. Briggs showed a keen interest in illustrating from a young age and soared to fame after creating “The Snowman,” which was first published in 1978. The book, which uses pictures alone to ...
Kate Briggs' last book, 'This Little Art,' memorialized the art of translation. Her first novel, 'The Long Form,' is a paean to maternal and literary love.
Raymond Briggs in 1978. Despite primarily gearing his work for children, some of his best-known books, including “The Snowman,” were meditations on death.
Author Raymond Briggs in Hyde Park, London, with his "Snowman" character. Briggs, who is best known for the 1978 classic "The Snowman," has died at 88, his publisher Penguin Random House said.