Jeff Brown (1926–2003)
was a magazine editor and short-story writer who created the beloved character
Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He wrote many books about the star
of the perpetually popular series, including Flat Stanley, Stanley and the Magic Lamp, Invisible Stanley, Stanley’s
Christmas Adventure, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! Born in New York City, Jeff was a story editor
and assistant film producer in Hollywood, worked on the editorial staffs of the
New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and was a senior
editor at Warner Books. |