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Kevin Clash

Kevin Clash
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Home & Family Pavilion
2:40-3:10 pm

Book Signing
4-5 pm
Kevin & Elmo will be posing for photos in the book signing area (no video cameras, please). Pre-signed copies of My Life as a Furry Red Monster will be sold in the Book Sales tents. Signed book plates will be available for copies of My Life as a Furry Red Monster that are brought to the festival. Please do not bring other Elmo books or merchandise to be signed at the festival.


Kevin Clash is a puppeteer best known for his portrayal of the character Elmo on the children's television show “Sesame Street.” He is co-executive producer of “Elmo’s World” and has won several Emmy awards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (1990, 2005 and 2006) and for his work as co-executive producer of an Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005). His recent book is My Life as a Furry Red Monster (Random House, 2006). He lives in New York City.

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