{"name": "Munro Leaf", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Wilbur Monroe Leaf (a.k.a. Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 \u2013 December 21, 1976) was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy.\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"}, "remote_ids": {"isni": "0000000109092130", "viaf": "64125452", "wikidata": "Q717175", "musicbrainz": "08dc076d-fef8-45b7-8eb2-792147a887f1", "lc_naf": "n83164443", "librarything": "leafmunro"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "personal_name": "Munro Leaf", "death_date": "21 December 1976", "birth_date": "4 December 1905", "alternate_names": ["Munro, Leaf"], "photos": [12603216], "key": "/authors/OL955424A", "latest_revision": 9, "revision": 9, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T02:23:06.663803"}}