Nancy Willard (born June 26, 1936, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a children's author and poet. In 1982, she received the Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn. She lives in Poughkeepsie, New York and lectures at Vassar College. She was educated at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award and received a B.A. and a Ph.D, and at Stanford University, where she received her M.A..

Alice Provensen began illustrating books with her husband Martin in the mid 1940's. They are perhaps best known for illustrating the book, A Visit to William Blake's Inn, winner of the Newberry Medal and a Caldecot Honor book. The Provensen's have also been honored by the Art Books for Children Citation of the Brooklyn Museum and by the Gold Medal for illustration of the Society of Illustrators as well as having been included on the New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year list nine times.

Provensen and Provensen. Alice and Martin. Martin and Alice. Two illustrators and writers working so closely together that their styles were indistinguishable. It was the same style really, gentle drawings so delightful in their clarity that they subtly underscored the text of the dozens of children's books that they illustrated.

　　南希�威拉德（Willard， Nancy）于1936出生于美国密歇根，1982年获得纽伯瑞金奖，毕业于密歇根大学获得硕士，博士学位，曾获得霍普伍德奖（Hopwood Award），在斯坦福大学获得硕士学位。纽伯瑞奖获得者。

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