birth_place nationality notableworks parents birth_date period genre article_title name occupation alma_mater
brooklyn , new york , usa american '' the phantom tollbooth '' samuel juster minnie silberman juster 02 june 1929 1961 -- present -lrb- children 's writer -rrb- children 's fiction , wordplay norton juster
 norton juster academic , writer university of pennsylvania
norton juster

norton juster -lrb- born june 2 , 1929 -rrb- is an american academic , architect , and popular writer .
he is best known as an author of children 's books , notably for `` the phantom tollbooth '' and `` the dot and the line '' .
