Gerry Turner
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1921 –
Who is Gerry Turner?
Gerry Turner was an American children's fiction author. He published 7 books, including one fairy tale, Magic Night for Lillibet, and one science fiction novel, Stranger from the Depths, also Creative Crafts for Everyone and The Teen Model Book between 1959 and 1968.
in addition to writing, he was a well regarded portrait photographer, specializing in children. Some of his images are in a permanent collection of the White House. Much of his photographic work was privately commissioned but many of his images were used in editorial publications, and for a number of years was commissioned by the Irish Tourist Board to visit Ireland, photographing the country and its' people.
He was born in 1921, and died in 1982. Turner lived in Westport, Connecticut. His wife, Juliana, was an painter, and his children are also accomplished artists. His oldest son, Stefen is a photographer, specializing in aerial perspectives, and his daughter, Jill is a fine-arts photographer.
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