Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick is an American illustrator and author best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Wonderstruck (2011), The Marvels (2015) and Kaleidoscope (2021). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary editi
"I don’t really feel like the gender of character is what causes someone to identify with them. It’s the situation they’re in, it’s the way they deal with danger, the way that they deal with fears. And so I feel like it’s a slightly larger question in terms of what makes us identify with someone."
"I could never imagine a movie being made from the way I had structured the book, it still feels miraculous that we made it this way without compromising the story, but everything has felt miraculous since I got that first phone call saying Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie out of Hugo. I recognize how lucky I am."
"Its funny, I grew up in a happy family with loving parents, but Ive killed off a lot of parents in these books. The orphan in childrens literature, allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family, every intelligent child thinks: How did I come to be born to these parents? – it is about finding your place in the world."
