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About the Author: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, written by Eric Carle has earned the author great recognition. Eric Carle was born in New York. However, much of his early life was spent in Germany. He has been working for the New York Times, as a Graphic Designer, after which he became the Art Director at a certain advertising agency. Here, he began to write and illustrate books for children. He and his family have opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts, in the year 2002.