Fisher was born in the
Bronx borough of New York City in June 1924 He began his formal art training with his Brooklyn-born father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of
Simon Lake submarines in
Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such
US Navy warships as USS
Arizona, USS
Honolulu, and USS
North Carolina—all designed, built, and commissioned at the
Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913–1937). Between 1932 and 1942, Leonard Everett Fisher continued his training at the
Heckscher Foundation (NY), with Moses and
Raphael Soyer (NY), with Reginald Marsh at the
Art Students League of New York, and
Serge Chermayeff at
Brooklyn College. He was a graduate of
Yale University (BFA 1949, MFA 1950). On July 15, 2014, Fisher was announced as a finalist for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Fisher lived in
Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, Margery, a retired school librarian, and member of New York's
Bank Street College of Education's Children's Book Committee. They were the parents of three children and the grandparents of six. Leonard Everett Fisher died on March 2, 2024, at the age of 99. == References ==