"Joe Krush (born May 18, 1918) and Beth Krush (March 31, 1918 \u2013 February 2, 2009) were an American husband-and-wife team of illustrators who worked primarily on children's books. They may be known best for the U.S. editions of all five Borrowers books by Mary Norton, published by Harcourt 1953\u20131961 and 1982, a series inaugurated very early in their careers."@en .