Robert Kraus Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI USA Author Biography Robert Kraus was born June 21, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He died in 2001. Kraus was educated at Layton School of Art. He was a published cartoonist from the age of eleven and he sold cartoons to many national magazines, including The New Yorker. Kraus founded Windmill Books, a children's book publishing company. The late author and his wife had two sons and four grandchildren. Kraus is best known for his picture books. Updating Results ...No matching titles were found. Loading...