[ She used her married name Mary Knox outside the publishing industry.[1]]Life and career
She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, a famous illustrator of children's literature including Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne in the 1920s and a 1931 edition of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
Shepard graduated from the Slade School of Art. She was 23 when her father was too busy to illustrate Mary Poppins and Travers discovered her work on a Christmas card.[1]
She married E. V. Knox, father of Penelope Fitzgerald.[1][[7]]
References
1. ^1 {{cite news |title=Mary Shepard; Illustrated Mary Poppins Books |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/03/local/me-30469 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=3 October 2000 |accessdate=2009-10-26}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=Mary Shepard Dies at 90; 'Mary Poppins' Illustrator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/arts/02SHEP.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 October 2000 |accessdate=2009-10-26}}
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