Emily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books.
She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration in 1993 recognizing Mirette on the High Wire which she also wrote.
Arnold was born in Galesburg, Illinois, but grew up in Garden City, New York.
At Brown she acted in the inaugural evening of Production Workshop and other plays, co-wrote the 1960 Brownbrokers musical Happily Never After with Elizabeth Diggs, and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key.
[4] As an actor, she performed in Equity productions of Elizabeth Diggs’ Saint Florence at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY and The Vineyard Theater in New York City.