'Where the Wild Things Are' Author has Died

The man who captured the power of imagination has died. Maurice Sendak, the gay author of the classic “Where the Wild Things Are," passed on from complications from a stroke.

 Controversial, irascible and not entirely convinced that he was a children's author, Sendak wrote literate, dark and moody picture books that explored the anxieties and fears of children, and their parents. Best known for 1963's "Wild Things," Sendak also wrote and illustrated the equally groundbreaking "In The Night Kitchen" (1970) and 1981's "Outside Over There," which completed a trilogy started with "Wild Things." The self-taught author couldn't be bothered with the traditions of children's books, in which the Times noted, "young heroes and heroines were typically well scrubbed and even better behaved; nothing really bad ever happened for very long; and everything was tied up at the end in a neat, moralistic bow."

Maurice has a few more books coming out at the end of year and early 2013. His creativity and storytelling will be greatly missed.

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