Numeroff's first nine books were both written and illustrated by Numeroff herself. Before graduating from Pratt in 1975, Amy For Short was published by Macmillan Publishing. A homework assignment prompted Numeroff to write and illustrate Amy for Short, about the tallest girl in third grade. Realizing fashion "wasn't for her", she returned to her childhood dream of becoming a writer and took a course in illustrating and writing children's books. Numeroff attended Pratt Institute, where she initially studied fashion. White's Stuart Little and Kay Thompson's Eloise. She credits her current profession to two childhood favorites, saying that they "are the reason" she is a writer: E. By the age of nine, she had decided she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Numeroff was born in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three girls. Laura Joffe Numeroff (born July 14, 1953) is an American author and illustrator of children's books who is best known as the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
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