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Norton Juster (June 2, 1929 – March 8, 2021) was an American academic, architect, and writer. He was best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line. Juster was born in Brooklyn on June 2, 1929.[1] Both his parents were Jewish and immigrated to the United States.[2] His father, Samuel Juster, was born in Romania and became an architect through a correspondence course. His mother, Minnie Silberman, was of Polish Jewish descent.[3] His brother, Howard, became an architect as well. Juster studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania,[4] obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1952. He went on to study city planning at the University of Liverpool.[1] Juster enlisted in the Civil Engineer Corps of the United States Navy in 1954, and rose to the rank of lieutenant junior grade. During one tour, to combat boredom, he began to write and illustrate a story for children, but the commanding officer later reprimanded him for it.[3]: xvii

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