Ian Falconer Obituary – Cause of Death: Creator of Olivia, the Energetic Piglet, Dies at 63.
Ian Falconer died from kidney failure in Norwalk on March 7, 2023, at the age of 63.
Falconer was an American author and illustrator of children’s books, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He wrote and illustrated the Olivia series of children’s books, chronicling the adventures of a young pig, a series initially conceived as a Christmas gift for his young niece.
He created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications.
Falconer was born on August 25, 1959, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He graduated from The Cambridge School of Weston, and studied art history at New York University before transfers to the Parsons School of Design and the Otis Art Institute. He was gay. He lived in Rowayton, Connecticut, a village within the city of Norwalk.
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