![]() Marshall continued as a children's author until his untimely death in 1992 of a brain tumor. His mother was watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and the main characters, George and Martha, ultimately became characters in one of his children's books. It is said that he discovered his vocation on a 1971 summer afternoon, lying on a hammock drawing. He returned to Texas, where he attended San Antonio College, and later transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he received degrees in French and history. ![]() I knew I would die if I stayed there so I diligently studied the viola, and eventually won a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston." He entered the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but injured his hand, ending his music career. Marshall said: "Beaumont is deep south and swampy and I hated it. ![]() His family later moved to Beaumont, Texas. His father worked on the railroad, was a band member in the 1930s, and his mother sang in the local church choir. ![]() James Edward Marshall (Octo– October 13, 1992), who also wrote as Edward Marshall, was a children's author and illustrator. ![]()
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