He was an artist, illustrator, writer, and toy designer whose gift to children all over the world is more than just the smiling faces of the red-haired rag dolls.
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Patricia Hall Patricia Hall is a Nashville, Tennessee - based folklorist and writer. She is a lifelong collector of Gruelle's books, dolls, and other works and has acted as curator of a major Indiana State Museum exhibition on Gruelle and Raggedy Ann. When Hall first started collecting Gruelle books and then Raggedy Ann material, she discovered that very little documented information was available on Raggedy Ann and even less on the doll's creator. Her breadth of knowledge on Gruelle has made her an expert on this American craftsman and artist and has earned her publishing credits in Connecticut and Toybox magazines, and The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Marcella's Corner Gift Shop carries all of Patricia Hall's wonderful historical and children's books published by Pelican and Simon and Schuster.