Milo Winter was born in Princeton, Illinois and trained at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute. He is best known for his illustrations of classic children's literature such as editions of Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, and Gulliver's Travels. From 1947 to 1949, he was the art editor of Childcraft books and later was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950s, when he moved to New York City.
