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Ruth Heller was born on 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is an American writer and artist. Discover Ruth Heller's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation Author, artist
Age 81 years old
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Born 1923, 1923
Birthday 1923
Birthplace Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date of death 2004
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Nationality Canada

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1923

Ruth Heller Gross (1923–2004), professionally known as Ruth Heller, was a children's author and graphic artist known for her use of bright color and detail in both geometric design and the representation of creatures, plants, patterns, and puzzles.

She worked primarily with a combination of colored pencil and marker for her book illustrations.

1946

Heller received a degree in Fine Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1946.

She paid for her own education through secretarial work and proceeded to work as a secretary following graduation.

1950

In the early 1950s she married Henry Heller and had two sons, Paul and Philip.

1960

Ms. Heller completed two years of graduate work in design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, and got her first art job in the early 1960s, designing napkins, matchboxes, and gift wrap for Cost Plus.

1965

Henry died in 1965 and Ms. Heller poured herself into her career from then on, eventually expanding into illustrating puzzle books and coloring books for kids and adults.

1980

In 1980, Ms. Heller visited an artists' colony in upstate New York, called Yaddo.

She left that determined to start a new writing career.

1981

She then went on to start writing and illustrating children's books in 1981.

After a 6-year struggle she found a publisher for her first book, Chickens Aren't the Only Ones.

Her books are written in a rhyming verse reminiscent of Gilbert and Sullivan, Hilaire Belloc, or Dr. Seuss.

1985

In 1985 she married Richard Gross who supported her work with enthusiasm until his death in 2002.

Most of Heller's books were published by Grosset & Dunlap.

1996

She wrote a brief autobiography called Fine Lines which was published in 1996.

These coloring books have designs in them on a wide range of subjects and are appropriate for children or adults.

Non-fiction picture books used in schools and especially popular in ESL programs.

Heller also illustrated five books by other authors and a Merriam-Webster dictionary for very young children.

2004

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she grew up in San Francisco, California, USA, where she lived until she died of cancer in 2004.

Heller began her career designing wrapping paper, cocktail napkins, greeting cards, and coloring books.