Evaline Ness
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Evaline Ness (born Evaline Michelow; April 24, 1911 in Union City, Ohio- August 12, 1986) grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. Ness studied at Ball State Teachers College before deciding to become a U.S. illustrator and author in 1960, with the publishing of The Bridge, by Charlton Osborn. She won a Caldecott Medal in 1967 for Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine. Evaline was also a highly paid commercial artist.
She was married to Eliot Ness, an American Treasury agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois as the leader of a legendary team nicknamed The Untouchables. They were married from 1938 until their divorce in 1946. She married Arnold Bayard in 1959.
She died in Kingston, New York.
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- Britannica Online Evaline Ness
