About the Author

Irv Docktor

Irving Seidmon Docktor (10/07/1918 – 02/14/2008) was an American artist and educator best known for his work as a book and magazine illustrator in the 1950s and 1960s. An early history of the paperback book singles out Docktor and Edward Gorey as the originators of some of the most interesting and appealing cover designs in the field.