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Shel Silverstein is best known as an author of offbeat children's poetry. He also wrote picture books and song lyrics (most famously "[[Johnny Cash|A Boy Named Sue]]"). Fans of his mainstream work may be rather [[He Also Did|stunned to hear]] that many of his songs are ''very'' adult in tone, and that he personally was a real-life [[Chick Magnet]] who lived in the actual [[Playboy]] Mansion.
'''Shel Silverstein''' is best known as an author of offbeat children's poetry. He also wrote picture books and song lyrics (most famously "[[Johnny Cash|A Boy Named Sue]]"). Fans of his mainstream work may be rather [[He Also Did|stunned to hear]] that many of his songs are ''very'' adult in tone, and that he personally was a real-life [[Chick Magnet]] who lived in the actual [[Playboy]] Mansion.


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His books include:
* ''A Light in the Attic'' (poetry collection)
* ''A Light in the Attic'' (poetry collection)
* ''Where the Sidewalk Ends'' (poetry collection)
* ''Where the Sidewalk Ends'' (poetry collection)